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Russian State Duma speaker confirms he will visit Japan in June

Sergei Naryshkin will attend the opening ceremony of the Russian culture festival in Japan

MOSCOW, May 13. /ITAR-TASS/. Sergei Naryshkin, Speaker of the Russian State Duma lower house of parliament, said on Tuesday he would visit Japan in June to meet Japanese leaders and attend the opening ceremony of the Russian culture festival in Japan.

Naryshkin, who met Kunio Hatoyama, a member of the House of Representatives of the Japanese parliament and chairman of the Japan-Russia Society earlier on Tuesday, thanked his counterpart for Japan’s “consistent and friendly stance on Russia.”