August 1, 2018

MOSCOW -- Russia expressed concerns about Japan’s plan to deploy the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system during the "two-plus-two" meeting between Russian and Japanese foreign and defense ministers here on July 31.

Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera met with their Russian counterparts, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in the first two-plus-two meeting to be held in Russia.

At a joint news conference following the meeting, Lavrov said, "We again attracted attention to the concern that Russia has already expressed regarding the deployment of the U.S. global missile defense."

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