Abe to hold meet with Putin in Vladivostok, talks with Xi eyed

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he will attend a regional economic forum to be held in the Russian Far East port city of Vladivostok next week and have a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Abe said he is also arranging separate meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak Yon and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum scheduled for Sept. 11 to 13.The prime minister expressed his determination to push forward talks on joint economic activities on the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed isla…READ FULL ARTICLE