State Minister of Japan, Okinawa and Northern territories (on the Japanese Islands called the Russian Southern Kuril Islands) Suniti Yamaguchi on the first day of the weekend looked South Kuril Islands from Cape Nosappu on the North-Eastern tip of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Japanese policy periodically conduct such inspection of these areas out into the sea on ships and lifting into the air on airplanes. The weather is part of the South Kuril Islands visible to the naked eye and with sushi from the city of Nemuro." Although this piece of land and just seen, he, no doubt, of great importance for our country, " said Yamaguchi inspection. During a meeting with former Japanese residents of the South Kuril Islands, the Minister also promised that the Japanese government will continue the dialogue with Russia around territorial problems." We wish to move forward, let step, let two steps at a time, " he noticed Yamaguchi, reports TASS. Japan and Russia since August of last year have held meetings at the level of Deputy foreign Ministers on the issue of a peace Treaty, the signing of which in Tokyo align with the decision of the territorial issues in the South Kuril Islands. The last round of negotiations took place on 31 January of the current year. In may, the number of Japanese media said that Tokyo did not want from the consultation because of the worsening situation in Ukraine and the accession of Japan to the sanctions concerning Russia. Anyway then Authorized by the Japanese Ministry of foreign Affairs challenged the data about the abolition of the negotiations, while recognizing that Japan will take Into account the views of other countries " sevens " in determining the date of the next round of consultations with Russia. At this point in time it is not installed. Japan claims the four Kuril Islands - Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders 1855. Return to the Islands Tokyo made a condition of signing a peace Treaty with Russia, which by 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.

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