The meeting of the foreign ministers of the Russian Federation and Japan as part of the G20 summit in Atlanta was held at the request of the Japanese side, the diplomatic department reported. It should be noted that Sergey Lavrov told his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi that in order to resume full-fledged interstate dialogue, Tokyo must abandon its unfriendly course. "The Russian side emphasized that in order to resume a full interstate dialogue, Tokyo must abandon its unfriendly course," the statement said. More IZ RU news in max.