U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel addresses a joint media briefing with Romania's Defence Minister Mircea Dusa in the Black Sea port of Constanta June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hours after joining fellow industrial powers in threatening further sanctions against Russia, said on Thursday that he wants to maintain good relations with Moscow.
"Under normal circumstances, President (Vladimir) Putin would have been attending this summit," Abe told a news conference in Brussels, televised in Japan, after a meeting of leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized powers.
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