Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will discuss bilateral political cooperation and joint business projects during their meeting at the forthcoming APEC summit in Yokohama, Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said on Monday.
"During talks with [our] Japanese colleagues, political and economic issues are always touched upon," Dvorkovich told journalists in Moscow.
The presidential aide said economic cooperation between Russia and Japan had yielded good results and praised the activities of a Russian-Japanese working group responsible for investments in Siberia and the Far East.
Japanese companies have "concrete proposals and plans" concerning the development of the regions, he said.
Meeting with about ten leading Japanese business representatives are also planned to be held on the sidelines of the APEC summit November 13-14. They have already handed over to Russia their concrete proposals in the spheres that the Russian government considers priorities, such as energy sufficiency, nuclear energy, information, telecommunication and medical technologies, Dvorkovich said.
"This is a new level of cooperation, not just talks about what should be activated, widened and deepened, but absolutely concrete projects, which are beneficial both for us and Japanese companies. This is what the Russian president and the Japanese prime minister will talk about," he said.
MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti)
