VLADIVOSTOK/ TOKYO, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Japan's Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Katsuyuki Kawai, visiting Vladivostok (Maritime Territory, the Far East of Russia) on July 9-11, will focus on the progress of the atomic submarine utilization program.
"This visit will be one of the steps to implement the joint action plan drafted and approved by the two countries' leaders," Press Secretary of the Japanese Foreign Ministry Hatsuhisa Takashima said.
Japan's Consulate General in Vladivostok said the aim of the Japanese official's visit was to inspect the sites where the Viktor-3 project, the first one under the Zvezda Nadezhdy (Star of Hope) program of utilizing atomic submarines in the Far East of Russia, was being implemented.
A spokesperson for the Consulate General added, "Kawai is expected to exchange opinions with Russian officials on issues of the elimination of nuclear weapons".
Kawai will visit the Zvezda plant in Bolshoi Kamen on Sunday, where decommissioned atomic submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet are being utilized. The parliamentary is also to meet with representatives of the Pacific Fleet's command and the Maritime Territory's administration on Monday.
