# Japan demands release of national in meeting with Russia's Lavrov

https://mins.news/en/item/123189

- Reuters, 2026-10-30 22:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-demands-release-national-meeting-with-russias-lavrov-2026-10-30/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae51cd053aa080001e5605d

> Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Atlanta and called for the release of a Japanese national detained in Russia’s Sakhalin region.

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