The Russian president confirmed his country’s unwavering commitment to developing wide-ranging cooperation with Japan.
Messrs Putin and Koizumi agreed to continue work on a peace treaty in the light of agreements reached at the Russian-Japanese summit of March 2001.
Putin invited Koizumi to come to Russia on an official visit.
The two leaders also agreed to hold a two-way meeting at the Shanghai APEC summit in the autumn of 2001.
See also
G8 Summit
July 16 − 22, 2001