"In response to the appeal of the Japanese side, Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed its readiness to continue the dialogue on the peace treaty in line with bringing the entire range of bilateral relations to a fundamentally new level," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
In addition, the parties discussed issues of further development of bilateral relations concerning the promotion of political dialogue and expansion of trade and economic cooperation, as well as strengthening confidence-building measures in the security sphere.
On November 11, the new Japanese Foreign Minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, announced that he would develop a course for mutually beneficial relations with Russia and would continue to work on concluding a peace treaty.