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18 of August, 08:00

Media: contact at the highest level between Russia and Japan is possible in September
Catherine Plesnikova. Japanese print edition "" has not excluded the possibility of contact at the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to China in case of visit of the head of the Japanese government in Beijing during the solemn events on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people in the anti-Japanese war.

"in the case of the visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to China he will be in Beijing at the same the most appropriate time, and when (Russian) head, and there is a likelihood of contact at the highest level between the leaders of Russia and Japan," writes the magazine.

print edition emphasizes that Abe may visit Beijing for meetings with Chinese President XI Jinping in the 2nd part of the day after a Grand military parade in Tiananmen square on 3 September. Discussion of precise time and agenda is underway now through diplomatic channels. The magazine stressed that in the event of a Japanese Prime Minister to attend will not.

The leaders of Russia and Japan held on June 24 telephone conversation after a six-month break since their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in China in the fall of 2014. Then, according to TV channel, Japanese Prime Minister gave the President their desire to direct in the beginning of August - beginning of autumn with a visit to the capital of Russia, Minister of foreign Affairs of Japan Fumio Kisida. In addition, Abe has made the initiative to apply platform of international forums - the General Assembly of the United Nations, the G20 summit and the APEC summit in the autumn to provide an opportunity for bilateral meetings.

Putin's visit to Japan was scheduled for the fall of 2014, but was not held because of the complications of the international situation in connection with the crisis in Ukraine. The timing of the visit is postponed to 2015, but the actual date until not named. Not officially set the dates of your stay in the capital of Russia, Minister of foreign Affairs of Japan, which is one of stages of preparation of the arrival of the President of the Russian Federation in Tokyo.

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