The Russian Foreign Ministry website said that during the talks on the margins of the ASEAN summit in Manila, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono discussed bilateral relations, including the joint activities of the two countries in the Kuriles, RT reports in Russian..

The department noted:

"The parties agreed to hold a regular round of consultations on the establishment of joint economic activities in the southern Kuril Islands on August 17 from. in Moscow".

As previously reported, at the end of April this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that during the talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, joint economic activities in the Kuriles.

Abe earlier said that Japan intends to make progress on the issue of joint economic activities in the Southern Kuriles.