Atmosphere in Russia-Japan peace treaty dialog gets better

TOKYO, July 5 (Itar-Tass) - A more favourable atmosphere exists at the
present moment for discussing a peace treaty between Russia and Japan, the
head of the Kremlin administration, Sergei Naryshkin, told reporters in
Tokyo on Tuesday. Naryshkin ends on Tuesday a brief visit to Tokyo.
During his visit, Naryshkin met in Tokyo with Prime minister Naoto
Kan, other top officials from the Japanese government, parliamentarians,
public representatives and business people.
"The problem of a peace treaty was of course discussed at these
meetings. A more favourable atmosphere in a dialogue between Russia and
Japan has developed of late, it has become more favourable for discussions
on existing problems," he said.
"The Japanese side agrees that the dialogue must be maintained only in
a calm atmosphere, without setting forth preliminary conditions,"
Naryshkin stressed.
"Our relations develop at the present moment on the line of ascent on
all directions," he noted. "After recession as a result of the global
crisis we expect that trade will reach the pre-crisis level in 2011," he
said.
"Political contacts get increasingly trust-based. This is also a
characteristic feature of the present stage of our relations," Naryshkin
stressed.