“The main task for the next four years is to make the space industry useful to the Russian consumers, and speed up the buildup of a national group of satellites to enhance the reliability and technical level of communications, radio and television broadcasting, monitoring of the Earth’s surface, and weather forecasting.”

"The national interests of Japan and Russia coincide on many issues, but more importantly, there will be more and more shared interests in the short, medium and especially in the long term perspective. Proceeding from these considerations we should do everything to eliminate any irritants in our bilateral ties."