. in the case of the transfer of the southern Kuril Islands to Japan, the placement of American military bases will be only With the consent of Tokyo, said the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. However, as underlined by the Agency, the Prime Minister evaded questions from reporters ABOUT the discussions on this topic with Moscow. Abe said that explanation " have the ability affect the course of negotiations." before the Japanese media reported that Abe made a promise to Putin not to place the us bases on the Islands in case of transmission. In early January, the commander of us forces in Japan, Lieutenant General Jerry Martinez also noted that North America does not presume to place armed forces on these Islands. in the Russian Federation has repeatedly stressed that At the conclusion of a peace Treaty with Japan an extremely important security issues. For example, frighten Moscow plans to deploy on the Japanese Islands American missile defense system. Russia and Japan until now have not concluded a peace Treaty on the results of the Second world war. Tokyo claims the Islands Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. In the capital of Russia pay attention that the Islands became part of the Soviet Union as a result of the war and Russia's sovereignty over them cannot be questioned. in 1956 the USSR and Japan signed a joint Declaration that talked about a possible transfer to Japan the Habomai Islands and Shikotan, and the fate of Kunashir and Iturup are not addressed, however, Tokyo is still claimed all of the island. last week the Kyodo citing sources informed that the Japanese Islands began to consider the possibility of signing a peace Treaty in the case of obtaining guarantees on the transfer of Shikotan and the uninhabited Habomai archipelago. According to the Agency, in the Abe administration believe that the transfer of the Islands of Kunashir and Iturup is unlikely. <span style="color:darkgray