MOSCOW. March 15 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a visit to Japan on March 21 and 22, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing in Moscow on Thursday.
The negotiations Lavrov will hold in Tokyo "will be the main stage of preparations for a visit of the Japanese prime minister to Russia, which is planned for May of this year," Zakharova said.