The Japanese foreign Ministry has commented on Medvedev's visit to the Iturup island

The visit of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the island of Iturup "is incompatible with the position of Japan" in the issue of the Kuril Islands, is extremely regrettable and offends the feelings of the Japanese Residents, according to the report the Japanese foreign Ministry.

"We have been informed that 2 of the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev visited the island of Iturup. A similar Visit is incompatible with Japan on the Northern territories (so in Japan called the southern Kuril Islands - ed.), offends the feelings of Japanese people and is extremely regrettable ", - the statement reads.

in conjunction with this, the Japanese foreign Ministry tried to convince the Russian side to " take positive measures for the expansion of Sino-Russian relations, as well as among them the conclusion of a peace Treaty."

Medvedev arrived on the island of the Kuril Islands from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, where in the morning on the last working day of the week held a meeting on social development of centers of economic improve in the far East. It is assumed that Iturup, the Russian Prime Minister will visit a number of social and infrastructure facilities.

Agency Kyodo, for its part, informs that Tokyo has sent Moscow a protest through diplomatic channels in connection with the visit of the Russian Prime Minister on one of the Kuril Islands.

Relations between Russia and Japan for many years overshadows the lack of a peace Treaty. Japan claims 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. The position of the capital of Russia is that the southern Kuril Islands became part of the USSR according to the results of 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 Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai, and only then, is the conclusion of a peace Treaty.

Dmitry Medvedev visits Kuril Islands periodically. In November 2010, he visited Kunashir island, being on a post of the President of the Russian Federation, and then in 2012, after becoming Prime Minister. In addition, in 2015 he made a Visit to Iturup island. Japan every time I said Russia because of this protest.

the Russian government first said that the Prime Minister may at any time to visit any Russian region, including the Kuril Islands.



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