The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] proposed advancing to a new level of economic engagement, putting forward eight lines of cooperation in the most important and interesting areas both for Russia and for Japan.

I think Shidzo Abe's proposal may be the only way to achieving our goal.

I assume that our colleagues from both the United States and the European Union will proceed from current humanitarian law and ensure political freedoms and rights of all people, including those who are living in the territory of Baltic states after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

I only had a telephone conversation with [Donald Trump], whereas [Shinzō ] Abe met with him in person.

You know every stage of your life has an impact on you.

The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today.

If there were any in China and Russia in this connection, though we both made some compromises. But these were compromises between friendly countries. I think it is almost impossible to achieve such compromise in other ways.