RUSSIAN FAR EAST BOOSTS TIES WITH JAPAN.

The governor or Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky krai said on November 20 that Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov’s recent visit to Tokyo has already begun to boost regional cooperation. According to Yevgeny Nazdratenko, a series of bilateral business-related accords were signed by Japanese and Russian regional leaders during a November 14 conference in Fukui. Conference participants also outlined plans for additional cultural and economic contacts. (Itar-Tass, November 20)

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