Xenia Naka. The meeting of the first Deputy Minister of economic development of Russia Alexei Likhachev, Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Japan on economic problems yasumasa Nagamine will be held on 18 may in the capital of Russia, said Last news, sources close to the summit.

"Meeting the co-chairs of sub-commissions on trade and investment in the framework of the Russian-Japanese intergovernmental Council on trade and economic issues was to be held in Tokyo in March, but for various reasons it was decided to change the place and time of its holding," said the Source.

The meeting is the final stage of preparation of the meeting of the intergovernmental Council for trade and economic issues. The IPC meeting was scheduled in may of last year, However due to the fact that he was indefinitely postponed a visit to Russia Minister of foreign Affairs by Fumio Kishida, who is her co-chair on the Japanese side, it never took place.

The source has noticed that for today the actual timing of the meeting of the intergovernmental Commission is not installed. However, it is Clear that they coincide with the visit of the head of the Japanese foreign Ministry to the Russian Federation.

in the agenda of the meeting of Deputy Ministers of both countries, which will be held on the first day of the week in Moscow, there was no question of translating these terms, but at the same time we cannot exclude that such an agreement is reached, the Source said.

"The main task of the meeting of Deputy Ministers - to make an inventory of the couple's relationship countries under the direction before the holding of the intergovernmental Commission ", - said the Source.

The Russian-Japanese Intergovernmental Commission from the Japanese side is headed by Kishida, Russian - 1st Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov. The most recent meeting of the Commission was held with the predecessor Kisida in 2012. The next meeting was scheduled for the spring of last year, but was not held, because of the situation in Ukraine was indefinitely postponed the visit of the head of the Japanese foreign Ministry in the capital of Russia.

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