Both Abe and I reaffirmed that we would like to sign a peace agreement, said Russian president Vladimir Putin today at the joint press conference with Shinzo Abe in Moscow.
If the content of the peace agreement, they are not, however, agree. Both Russia and Japan believe that the issue is clear – Russia does not intend to hand back the Kuril islands and Japan say that it is an absolute requirement.
simultaneous up förbindliga miner. Negotiations on a peace treaty will continue between Russia and Japan in Munich, according to Abe.
Japan and Russia lack the peace since the second world war, when the Soviet union took control over the Kuril islands. Since then, Japan has been calling them back, but got all the hand of Moscow.
the Visit was, however, prepared. Last week arrived Japan’s foreign minister Taro Kono to Moscow to prepare the ground for Putin and abe’s negotiations.
made in the Moscow meeting were mainly to show off both sides ‘ good will. Putin is invited to Tokyo, where negotiations will continue.