Sergey Lavrov met with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Atlanta. Lavrov stressed that in order to resume full dialogue, Tokyo must abandon its unfriendly ways, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. According to Tokyo, Motegi "strongly demanded" the release of a Japanese journalist arrested in the Sakhalin region for espionage.

Sergey Lavrov met with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Atlanta. Lavrov stressed that in order to resume full dialogue, Tokyo must abandon its unfriendly ways, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. According to Tokyo, Motegi "strongly demanded" the release of a Japanese journalist arrested in the Sakhalin region for espionage.