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Putin tells Russia willing to continue relations with Japan, but ball is in Tokyo's court

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at the impending Asia-Europe summit.

"I would like to create the opportunity for talks with President Putin," Abe told reporters ahead of the multilateral meeting in Milan.

The two leaders are widely expected to have talks at a summit next month in Beijing but a Kremlin official said last week that there was a possibility the leaders could meet at the Asia-Europe summit.

Putin and Abe have met five times since the Japanese Prime Minister's returned to power in December 2012, but the relationship has stalled as Western leaders imposed economic sanctions on the Kremlin over the Ukraine crisis.

Tokyo has followed suit but to a much lesser extent than the United States and the European Union, imposing only two rounds of sanctions on Moscow, after it annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine.

Russia has sought to realign itself with China in a bid to weather the economic punishment meted out by the West. Moscow and Beijing signed a $400bn gas deal in May, while the two parties announced a raft of economic agreements on Monday.

However, Russia is eager to maintain strong ties with Asia's most developed economy, while Japan remains keen to improve ties with the energy exporter.




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If Russia wants to retain a positive relationship they should take the initiative instead of leaving the "ball in Japan's court". If you want good relationships take the initiative, don't indicate you want good ties and then sit back and wait for the other party to make their move. That's stupid. Offer Japan trade links, business investments (something Russia needs as Western investors are pulling funds from Russia), joint ventures, anything to improve business ties and by consequence other ties as well. Don't wait for Japan to make its move as that leaves well skilled US diplomats and business officials time to craft their own plans.
 
If Russia wants to retain a positive relationship they should take the initiative instead of leaving the "ball in Japan's court". If you want good relationships take the initiative, don't indicate you want good ties and then sit back and wait for the other party to make their move. That's stupid. Offer Japan trade links, business investments (something Russia needs as Western investors are pulling funds from Russia), joint ventures, anything to improve business ties and by consequence other ties as well. Don't wait for Japan to make its move as that leaves well skilled US diplomats and business officials time to craft their own plans.
we did yet abe made sanctions anyways
 
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