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Japan has dropped a clear hint it was willing to strike a peace deal with Russia, President Putin has said at today’s huge media conference in Moscow.
“As to territorial rows, we hope for a constructive dialogue with our Japanese colleagues,” Mr. Putin said.
He said the ruling Japanese party had been sending signals that its leadership wanted to enter peace talks with Moscow.
“It’s a very important signal, and we highly appreciate it,” Putin added
This story first appeared on Voice of Russia & is reposted here with permission.
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Russia ready for dialogue with Tokyo – Putin
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has positively assessed peaceful intentions by Japan’s new government and said that Moscow has received the peace signal sent by Tokyo.
On December 17, Japan’s future PM and the head of the Liberal-Democratic party Shinzo Abe spoke about intentions to solve the Kurils issue and sign a peace treaty with Russia.
Japan claims ownership of the Southern Kuril Islands that were attributed to the USSR after WW2.
This story first appeared on Voice of Russia & is reposted here with permission.