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Russia, Japan Discuss Relations, Situation in Ukraine: Kremlin

© Sputnik / Alexei Nikolsky / Go to the mediabankIn a telephone conversation Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed Russia-Japan relations.
In a telephone conversation Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed Russia-Japan relations. - Sputnik International
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In a telephone conversation Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed Russia-Japan relations, as well as international affairs, including the situation in Ukraine, the Kremlin press service reported Sunday.

Updated 2:15 p.m. Moscow Time

MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - In a telephone conversation Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed Russia-Japan relations, as well as international affairs, including the situation in Ukraine, the Kremlin press service reported Sunday.

"The leaders have discussed the key issues of Russia-Japan relations and exchanged opinions on current international affairs, including the situation in Ukraine," the press service said in a statement.

The leaders of the two countries agreed to continue bilateral talks on different levels.

Earlier in the day, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said it was difficult to discuss terms of a possible new round of sanctions against Russia as the sanctions had not yet been decided.

Media reports suggested that Japan would announce a new package of sanctions against Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

In early August, the Japanese government implemented sanctions against 39 politicians and officials who represented the Republic of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics. Japan also implemented a ban on the import of goods from Crimea.

In March, Japan suspended talks with Moscow on visa restrictions and slowed the start of negotiations on dangerous military activities in space prevention and investment cooperation. In April, the country banned visas for 23 Russian officials.

Putin has said that using sanctions in foreign policy is not effective and never yields any results, warning that sanctions cause certain damage to those using this measure.

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