Russian President and Japanese Prime Minister held talks in the Kremlin and then made some statements for the media, presidential web page reports.
The President noted that in 2018 bilateral trade “increased 18% to almost $20 bln. The goal is to further increase it by at least 50% in the near future. Japanese investment in the Russian economy is about $2.2 bln.”
“Gazprom, Mitsui and Mitsubishi are building a third technological line at the LNG plant within the Sakhalin-2 project. The possible involvement of Japanese companies in the Arctic LNG-2, the Baltic LNG projects and the construction of an LNG terminal in the Kamchatka Territory is being studied. Russian experts are developing neutron detectors to identify damaged fuel to mitigate the consequences of the accident at the Fukushima-1 NPP,” he added.
According to the Prime Minister, “The number of Russians who visited Japan last year reached an all-time high. The number of reciprocal visits is growing rapidly. Last year, it was about 100,000 tourists in each country. The goal is by 2023 to double the number of visits.”
As Shinzo Abe also pointed out, “To deepen trust in the sphere of security, we will expand ties between our respective defense ministries and border services. Japanese-Russian cooperation has already yielded successful results in countering non-conventional threats, such as drug trafficking. We will be enhancing these efforts and expanding the scope of cooperation.”