He said schedule for a visit to Japan by Russian President Vladimir Putin would be decided after this meeting.
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“The time and date have already been agreed to, but we will announce them with the approval of the Japanese side”, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on August 30.
Russian Federation and Japan have not signed any peace treaty since the World War II mainly due to their long-held disputes over four Pacific islands called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russian Federation.
Abe is expected to meet Putin on the sidelines of a September 2-3 Eastern Economic Forum business conference in the port city of Vladivostok.
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe edged above 60 per cent for the first time in almost two years, and nearly the same percentage want him to stay in the top job until Tokyo hosts the Summer Games in 2020, a media survey showed yesterday. The move has prevented the countries from signing a peace treaty ending World War II.
At the upcoming bilateral summit, Abe will explain progress in Tokyo’s study toward putting into action an eight-point cooperation plan focusing on economic issues, which was presented by the Japanese leader to Putin at their meeting in Sochi, Russia, in May, the sources said.
Tokyo is closely allied with Washington and has slapped sanctions on Moscow over its annexation of Crimea and the unrest in Ukraine.
Over the years leaders from the two nations have tried to make headway on resolving their lingering dispute but a solution has proved elusive, and still looks some way off.
According to NHK, Abe made a decision to appoint the incumbent Economic, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, who will fulfill both roles.
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Russian Federation has angered Japan recently by building new modern compounds for its troops stationed on two of the disputed islands.
