If we do it, if we work to achieve all this [cultural exchange with Japan], we can and should talk about joint efforts toward ensuring international security, and not only in the Far East.
If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.
![If we do it, if we work to achieve all this [cultural exchange with Japan], we can and should talk about joint efforts toward ensuring international security, and not only in the Far East.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/vladimir-putin/if-we-do-it-if-we-work-to-achieve-all-this-cultural-exchange-with-japan-we-can-and-should-talk.jpg)
