Minister of foreign Affairs of Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi said that the dialogue with Russia concerning the issues of concluding a peace Treaty, pass to the next stage. His words are quoted by the television channel NHK.
The Japanese diplomat told about it after the meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, held on the sidelines of the Munich security conference.
He noticed that the confrontation on the main provisions of the Moscow and Tokyo switched to a more positive discussion.
before the head of the Japanese foreign Ministry said that meetings and cooperation between Japan and Russia is steadily moving forward. He expressed hope to continue Frank discussions on bilateral issues, including the issue of concluding a peace Treaty.
Lavrov has supported his Japanese counterpart, noting that He nourishes the hope that the discussion of a number of mutual interest issues in the country.
Japan claims the southern Kurile 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. Thus the fate of Kunashir and Iturup are not affected.
The Soviet Union hoped that the Declaration will put an end to the dispute. Japan renounced claims to all the Islands, considering the document is only part of the resolution of the issue. Subsequent dialogues to nothing brought, peace Treaty at 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 the Second world war. Russian sovereignty over them is proper international legal registration and not be questioned.
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