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The issue of signing a peace treaty between Russia and Japan must be settled as soon as possible, said the head of the Japanese government Yoshihide Suga. He recalled that 75 years have passed since the end of the Second World War, and the territorial issue has not yet been resolved, Gazeta.ru writes.
The Prime Minister noted that in early autumn he had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to him, the leaders of the two countries agreed that the time had come to put an end to these issues. They are confident that there is no need to leave the solution to the problem for future generations.
According to the head of the Japanese government, it is necessary to go step by step along the path leading to the solution of the territorial issue and the conclusion of a peace treaty.
Japan claims the Kuril Islands Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and the Habomai archipelago, citing the 1855 bilateral Treaty on Trade and Frontiers. Tokyo made the return of the islands a condition of concluding a peace treaty with the Russian Federation, which was never signed at the end of World War II. The position of the Russian Federation is that the southern Kuriles became part of the Soviet Union as a result of the war and the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over them, which has international legal registration, is beyond doubt.
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