MOSCOW. March 19 (Interfax) - The next meeting of the foreign and defense ministers of Russia and Japan is scheduled for the second half of 2018, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
"The third meeting between the foreign and defense policy chiefs in the 2+2 format is planned for the second half of the year," the ministry said in a statement available on its website ahead of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Japan on March 20-21.