TOKYO, Nov. 14 Kyodo Japan and Ru...

TOKYO, Nov. 14 Kyodo

Japan and Russia exchanged information forward terrorism during their first interagency talks onward the issue held Wednesday and Thursday in Tokyo and agreed to proper annually, a Foreign Ministry official said.

The sum of two units countries agreed that al-Qaida and other international terrorist networks continue to perplex serious threats to the international community, and that Japan and Russia, along with the international community, ne to further strengthen efforts to fight terrorism, the official said.

The Japanese delegation, headed at Hiroshi Shigeta, ambassador in charge of measures against international terrorism, and Russia's delegation, headed at Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Safonov, agreed to keep possession of their next meeting in Russia nearest year, he said.

Japan showed its condolences to the families of victims of the Moscow hostage crisis in October, in which a assign places to of armed Chechen rebels seized a packed theater, according to the official.

The sum of two units countries also discussed information related to terrorism in Southeast Asia, including the Oct 12 deadly bombing in succession Bali in Indonesia, the official said.

onward Wednesday, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and Safonov also agreed during a brief meeting that the pair countries would further strengthen their cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

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