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Japan's destroyer pays visit to Vladivostok

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VLADIVOSTOK, June 6 (RIA Novosti correspondent Anatoly Ilyukhov) - The Hiei destroyer of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force arrived in Vladivostok, the main base of Russia's Pacific Fleet and the center of its Maritime Territory, on an unofficial visit.

The destroyer entered the channel called the Eastern Bosporus, firing an international salute to the Russian vessels. Russia's coastal battery deployed on Cape Ostry returned the salute.

Vice Admiral Nakashima, in command of the operative staff of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, arrived in Vladivostok the day before the destroyer, which was the first precedent of the kind in the history of Russian-Japanese military diplomatic relations, reported the Pacific Fleet.

The visit of the destroyer will take place under the flag of Flotilla Four commander Rear Admiral Takanobu Sasaki

The visits are to mark 150 years since Russia and Japan have established diplomatic relations by signing the Treaty of Amity in Shimoda in 1855.

The Varyag guards missile cruiser under command of Captain Sergei Lipilin is acting as the host vessel.

The visit will traditionally round off by a joint exercise to train the search and rescue of a ship in distress.

Russia will assign the Admiral Vinogradov heavy anti-submarine ship, a missile boat, a plane, and a helicopter to take part in the exercise.

This is the fifth time a Japanese navy ship has visited the ports in Russia's Far East, the first one took place in 1996. Japanese sailors have visited Vladivostok three times, and they've once been to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Russia's navy vessels have also paid five visits to the seaports in Japan's Yokosuka, Sasebo, Kure, and Tokyo.

Six times, the visits rounded off with drills. The two countries' navies have also exchanged delegations of different levels, added the Pacific Fleet.

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