Created: 26.02.2007 15:39 MSK
Japan and Russia pledged to strengthen reciprocal relations in oil and natural gas development and boost trade at a ministerial meeting, which took place in Tokyo on Monday, Feb. 26.
Russian Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso discussed two oil and gas projects in Russia’s Sakhalin Island and an East Siberian oil pipeline project, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official told Bloomberg agency, speaking on condition of anonymity. The two ministers met for two hours.