On February 12, 2015 the residence of Japanese Ambassador to Russia Tikahito Harada played host to a meeting between a group of representatives from the Russian International Affairs Council and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Shinsuke Sugiyama to discuss pressing issues relating to bilateral Russian–Japanese relations, security and development in the Asia-Pacific Region and the future of the global system of international relations as a whole. Particular attention was paid to the preparations for President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Tokyo, as well as the prospects for expanding Japan’s role in the development of regions in the Russian Far East. The meeting was attended by RIAC member and Director of the Russian Academy of Science’s Institute for World Economy and International Relations Aleksandr Dynkin, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrei Kortunov, and RIAC member and Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center Dmitry Trenin. The Japanese side was represented by Deputy Minister Sugiyama, Ambassador Harada and a number of senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Japanese Embassy in Moscow.
On February 12, 2015 the residence of Japanese Ambassador to Russia Tikahito Harada played host to a meeting between a group of representatives from the Russian International Affairs Council and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Shinsuke Sugiyama to discuss pressing issues relating to bilateral Russian–Japanese relations, security and development in the Asia-Pacific Region and the future of the global system of international relations as a whole.
Particular attention was paid to the preparations for President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Tokyo, as well as the prospects for expanding Japan’s role in the development of regions in the Russian Far East.
The meeting was attended by RIAC member and Director of the Russian Academy of Science’s Institute for World Economy and International Relations Aleksandr Dynkin, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrei Kortunov, and RIAC member and Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center Dmitry Trenin. The Japanese side was represented by Deputy Minister Sugiyama, Ambassador Harada and a number of senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Japanese Embassy in Moscow.