Prime Minister and LDP President Shinzo Abe traveled to the 5th Eastern Economic Forum, a meeting to encourage investment in the Russian Far East. In addition to attending the plenary session, he also held individual meetings with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and President Battulga Khaltmaa of Mongolia. In his speech to the plenary session, Prime Minister Abe expressed his ambitions to sign a peace treaty with Russia, saying, "We cannot keep the people of the future waiting any longer."

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