Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Mutagi on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Atlanta. The two senior diplomats recently conducted substantial personal negotiations on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2021. Today's meeting thus marks their first full talks in five years.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Mutagi on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Atlanta. The two senior diplomats recently conducted substantial personal negotiations on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2021. Today's meeting thus marks their first full talks in five years.