Catherine Plyasunov. The Minister for Okinawa and Northern territories ", as it is called on the Japanese Islands Kuril Islands, Suite Yamaguchi looked Habomai island from Cape Nosappu in the East of the Japanese island of Hokkaido and drew attention to the importance of early resolution of territorial issues with Russia.

" We want to make concrete progress diplomatic negotiations (with RF) for the early resolution of the territorial issue " - quoted expression Yamaguchi television channel. The Minister also said that the age of many of the indigenous inhabitants of the Islands is more than 70 years, for this reason, the authorities have plans to " continue to make every effort to resolve the territorial issue ".

Japan claims to the Kuril Islands : Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and the Habomai archipelago, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders 1855. Return to the Islands Tokyo made a condition of signing a peace Treaty with Russia, which by the end of the Second world war and was not signed. Russia's position is that the southern Kuril Islands became part of the USSR according to the results of war and sovereignty of the Russian Federation over them with international legal design, not subject to doubt.

the report on the consultations at the level of Deputy Ministers on the issue of a peace Treaty was adopted at the meeting in April last year for the first 10 years of the official visit of the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in the capital of Russia during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Deputy foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and Shinsuke Sugiyama met in the Russian capital in the last month of summer 2013. Then passed 1st official round of consultation on the peace Treaty between Russia and Japan on the level zaglav MFA. In may of the current year the Agency Kyodo referring to the high position of the bureaucrat in the foreign Ministry reported that Japan is ready to stop at some time of the meeting because of the situation in Ukraine, however, confirm this information was not received.

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