日本：外相茂木在亚特兰大当面向拉夫罗夫要求释放被拘日本国民
路透社10月30日报道，日本外相茂木敏充（Toshimitsu Motegi）当天在美国亚特兰大举行的二十国集团（G20）外长会间隙与俄罗斯外长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫（Sergei Lavrov）会面，强烈要求立即释放一名在俄罗斯萨哈林州被拘的日本国民。
日本驻华盛顿大使馆的声明说，茂木就日俄之间多项当前议题向俄方提出交涉和主张；就萨哈林州日本国民被拘一事，茂木强烈要求立即释放。俄罗斯国际文传电讯社引述俄外交部说，拉夫罗夫与茂木应日方请求进行了简短交谈。
这是两国罕见的高层会面，背景是乌克兰战争和长期领土争端下紧张的日俄关系。俄罗斯本月称，其在远东萨哈林地区以间谍嫌疑拘押了一名日本记者；本站10月中旬曾报道这名记者被捕及日方要求公平对待的消息。
日本与俄罗斯至今没有签署二战和平条约，原因是千岛群岛（日方称北方四岛/北方领土）的领土争端；日本加入西方对俄制裁后，双边关系进一步恶化。
Japan: Foreign Minister Motegi Demands Release of Detained National in Meeting With Russia's Lavrov
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on October 30 and strongly demanded the immediate release of a Japanese national detained in Russia's Sakhalin region, Reuters reported, in a rare high-level meeting between the two countries.
A statement from Japan's embassy in Washington said Motegi made a demarche and an argument regarding various current issues between Japan and Russia, adding: Regarding the detention of a Japanese national in Sakhalin Oblast, Minister Motegi strongly demanded the immediate release. Russia's Interfax news agency cited Russia's Foreign Ministry as saying a brief talk between Lavrov and Motegi was held at Japan's request.
Russia said this month it had detained a Japanese journalist in its far eastern Sakhalin region on suspicion of espionage, a case GSM reported in mid-October, marking a new low in bilateral relations strained by the war in Ukraine and a long-running territorial dispute.
Japan and Russia have yet to sign a formal World War Two peace treaty due to the dispute over the Kuril Islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories, and ties worsened further when Japan joined Western sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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