Saturday, July 30 2011, 02 PM

VLADIVOSTOK, July 30, vladivostoktimes.com Nobuaki ITO, the Consul General of Japan in Vladivostok made ​​his first official visit to Viktor GORCHAKOV, the Chairman of the Primorsky Territory Legislative Assembly; the press service of Primorsky Territory Legislative Assembly reports.

At the meeting Mr. ITO conveyed the sincere thanks of the Japanese people to the Primorye residents for their help and support after the earthquake and devastating tsunami that happened in Japan in March, 2011. Besides, he handed the Primorye Parliament Chairman the disk with documentary on the reconstruction of the Japanese prefectures that suffered from the natural disaster.    

Nobuaki ITO expressed willingness of the Japanese party to offer the assistance and advice in the preparation for the APEC summit in Vladivostok. Last year Japan hosted the summit – the leaders of the countries of Asia Pacific Region met in Yokohama – and the Japanese party is ready to share their experience in hosting such events. Viktor GORCHAKOV in his turn thanked the Consul General for the offer and pointed out that the Primorsky Territory Legislative Assembly is always open for cooperation and has already become a platform for discussing of the important bilateral issues.