It is noted that "during the conversation, an exchange of views was held on topical issues of Russian-Japanese relations."
“The ministers discussed the prospects for the implementation of the leaders' agreement on the comprehensive development of bilateral relations in order to bring them to a qualitatively new level, including the expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation in the trade and economic field,” the message says.
Earlier it was reported that Lavrov had a meeting with Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.