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Untitled Document Japan-Russia Foreign Ministerial Talks at the G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (excerpted) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan May 24, 2003
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4. Cooperation for Denuclearization
Foreign Minister Ivanov stated that progress had been seen in the past few months in the field of the dismantling of decommissioned nuclear submarines through the lively efforts of the Committee on Cooperation for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and that he positively evaluated these efforts. He said that Foreign Minister Kawaguchi's visit to Vladivostok was also related to this point and that he welcomed the choice.
In response, Foreign Minister Kawaguchi explained that the decision to visit Vladivostok had been made following a proposal by Deputy Prime Minister Khristenko to hold the joint chairpersons' meeting in the Russian Far East. At the same time, Foreign Minister Kawaguchi explained that the decision to visit Vladivostok had been made because she wanted to see the place with her own eyes in view of the fact that work on dismantling the first nuclear submarine is expected to begin there soon.
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