MOSCOW. Sept 22 (Interfax) - Moscow is ready to resume the dialogue with Japan on security in the 2+2 format and sees that Japan accepts this idea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"Some time ago the 2+2 mechanism was created, when the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries meet and hold all collective discussions within their competence. We are ready to resume the operation of such a mechanism, I felt that this idea is also not denied by our Japanese colleagues," he told a press conference.