. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants again to visit the Russian Federation in the spring of this year, said the newspaper " Mainichi ". It is noted that the visit will be devoted to the solution of questions of a peace Treaty and the territorial issue.
On Tuesday, Abe will arrive in the capital of Russia to participate In the world economic forum in Davos. He will meet with Vladimir Putin, where the sides will discuss and among them, the possibility of additional visit by the Japanese Prime Minister.
first, the Agency told Kyodo that Abe is considering the possibility of concluding a peace Treaty with Russia if the agreement on the transfer of the Japanese Islands of Shikotan and Habomai.
citing government sources, the Agency reported, because it is in fact means Japan's renunciation of claims to four Islands, including Kunashiri and Etorofu.
Relations between Russia and Japan for many years overshadows the lack of a peace Treaty. Japan claims the Islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. In 1956 the USSR and Japan signed a joint Declaration in which Moscow has agreed to take steps to transfer to Japan the Habomai and Shikotan After the conclusion of a peace Treaty, and the fate of Kunashir and Iturup are not affected.
The USSR hoped that the Joint Declaration will put an end to the dispute, Japan believed the document only part of the settlement, without abandoning claims to all the Islands. Subsequent dialogues to nothing brought, peace Treaty at the end of the Second world war and was not signed.
In the same first day of the week, Moscow hosted the 1st round of negotiations of head the Ministry of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono peace Treaty between Russia and Japan. After the meeting, Lavrov drew attention that the parties confirmed their readiness to work on the basis of the 1956 Declaration, " which means, most importantly, the immutability of the very first step - respect for Japan, results of world war II in full, including Russia's sovereignty over all the South Kuril Islands ".
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