United States Department of state has criticized Tokyo for negotiations with the Moscow peace Treaty.
the Commissioner of the state Department of the USA John Kirby criticized the dialogues Tokyo for negotiations with Moscow on the issue of concluding a peace Treaty, saying that at the present time as if not the time to do business with Russia because of its position on Ukraine and Syria.
"We continue to believe that, speaking in General, now is not the time to engage with Russia as is often the case for Ukraine," said Kirby in response to a request to comment on Russian-Japanese dialogue about the peace Treaty." Ukraine still occupies the foremost important place in our considerations. We know that the Syrian Arab Republic is currently in the headlines, and to be obliged, but it is not this means that We turn a blind eye to Ukraine and that the Russian Federation continues there to do, "added the Commissioner of the state Department, RIA" Novosti ". However, he said "positive efforts in the right direction on both sides" to respect the Minsk agreements on Ukraine. To provide the state Department did not want to explain the details of the negotiations in the capital of Russia and Tokyo, noting, because this is a dialogues between 2 sovereign Nations. On Thursday in the capital of Russia hosted the Second round of talks between Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Igor Morgulov and his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama on the issue about conclusion of a peace Treaty between 2 countries. The discussion was focused on the historical aspects of the problem. Russia and Japan have agreed to continue contacts on the issue of concluding a peace Treaty. On 4 October the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe during a meeting in Kyoto with the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich said he expected progress in negotiations on a peace Treaty. On 28 September the President of Russia Vladimir Putin during his stay at the headquarters of the UN met with Abe. At the talks the Prime Minister of Japan said that he was again elected head of the liberal democratic party of Japan, and now has developed a "solid Foundation For future peaceful discussions" with Putin, " problems of the peace Treaty ". On 2 September the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ruled out the possibility of negotiations with Japan on the issue of Smoking. The Deputy Minister Igor Morgulov said Russia's readiness to continue dialogue with Tokyo on the signing of the peace Treaty. Previous 1st round of negotiations on the conclusion of a peace Treaty took place in January 2014. Relations between Russia and Japan for many years overshadows the lack of a peace Treaty between 2 countries. Japan claims the Islands of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. Return to the Islands Tokyo made it a condition of signing a peace Treaty with Russia, which at the end of the Second world war was never signed. The position of Moscow consists that southern Kuriles became part of the USSR according to the results of the Second world war and the Russian sovereignty over them with appropriate international legal clearance, cannot be questioned.

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