Catherine Plesnikova. The head of the countries "Big seven" was sympathetic to the position of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in the further development of direct dialogue with Russia, said the Secretary General of the Japanese government, Yoshihide Suga.

"at the summit, the Prime Minister presented to the heads of countries ( "seven"), its position on the importance of direct dialogue between the leaders of Russia and Japan to resolve the issue of the "Northern territories" (as in the Japanese Islands called the southern part of the Kuril Islands). This was met with understanding (the leaders of other countries), " said Suga at a news conference.

before Abe in interview to television channel NHK expressed the view that the constructive participation of Russia it is necessary for the settlement of major international conflicts, such as in the resolution of the Syrian falling, the Iranian nuclear issue and the issue of reducing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Abe also touched on the theme of the upcoming 2016 summit "the Big seven" on the island of Shima mie Prefecture. For example, Japanese Prime Minister stressed that the government would be " to help ensure that the head (Vladimir) Putin participated constructively ".

The G7 summit was held on 7-8 June in Bavaria. It was attended by the leaders of Germany, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the UK. The summit of the "group of seven" scared Moscow new restrictive measures because of the situation in Ukraine.

Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

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