. The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in his first in 2019 press conference again confirmed the intention to promote a dialogue on the territorial problem with Russia and the signing of a peace Treaty between the 2 countries. A tentative date for the visit of Prime Minister of Japan to the Russian Federation called on January 21. The previous meeting between Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin took place on November 14 in Singapore. On its results the Japanese Prime Minister said that the sides agreed to accelerate negotiations on a peace Treaty on the basis of mutual Soviet-Japanese Declaration of 1956. the Declaration recorded the readiness of the parties to conclude a peace Treaty, after which the Soviet Union agreed to give Japan the Habomai and Shikotan. The document was ratified by both parties, but then Tokyo abandoned its implementation, insisting on the return of 4 Islands: Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and Habomai - as the condition for concluding a peace Treaty. The position of the capital of Russia lies in the fact that the Islands became part of the USSR according to the results of the Second world war and the Russian sovereignty over them cannot be questioned. <span style="color:darkgray