Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd L), Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (L), Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd R) and Japan’s Defence Minister Tomomi Inada (R) pose at the start of the “two-plus-two” foreign and defence ministers meeting between Japan and Russia at the Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo on March 20, 2017. The so-called 2+2 meeting follows a December summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin. / AFP/RSS PHOTO / POOL / David MAREUIL