The official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said the words of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Japan, Taro Kono, who, a speech, a statement on the results of the negotiations with Sergey Lavrov, said that " the discussion came to sharp statements ". on his Facebook page Zakharova wrote that after these words, Kono Lavrov, "he grinned," and all who were present at the meeting, " looked at each other, not knowing what it is conducted ". dialogues Lavrov and Kono took place on may 10 in the capital of Russia. Summing up the meeting, the Russian foreign Minister said that the work on the peace Treaty between the 2 countries on the basis of the 1956 Declaration means respecting the outcome of the Second world war. It is also necessary to take into account the security Treaty, Japan and the United States, said the head of the Ministry. Speaking with the press statement, Kono said that with Lavrov they had met 1st time and the trust they " can communicate quite openly ". Moscow and Tokyo have long been conducting a dialogue on the conclusion of a peace Treaty on the results of the Second world war. Claim to the four Islands of the South Kuril Islands, Japan insists on their transferring their sovereignty to sign the contract. Claims Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai Tokyo substantiates the bilateral Treatise about trade and borders of 1855. The position of the capital of Russia is that the southern Kuril Islands became part of the Soviet Union the Second world war and the Russian sovereignty over them with appropriate international legal design, not subject to doubt. in Singapore November 14, 2018 hosted a meeting of leaders of Russia and Japan. the results of the Japanese Prime Minister said that the sides agreed to accelerate negotiations on a peace Treaty on the basis of mutual Declaration of 1956. This is an important concession from Japan, because up until now, its official position was to demand the transfer of Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and Habomai, and only then, is the conclusion of a peace Treaty. <span style="color:darkgray