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Japan's Abe to Hold Strong Stance In Territorial Dispute with Russia

© AFP 2023 / YOSHIKAZU TSUNOJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at the Lower House's plenary session following a North Korean nuclear test, at the National Diet in Tokyo on January 6, 2016.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at the Lower House's plenary session following a North Korean nuclear test, at the National Diet in Tokyo on January 6, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday he intended to hold strong stance during a negotiating process towards terrorial dispute with Russia.

TOKYO (Sputnik) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday he intended to "persevere" in continuing negotiations with Russia on signing a peace treaty and resolving the territorial dispute.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, January 26, 2016 - Sputnik International
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On Sunday, Abe left for a visit to Russia and G7 states prior to the group’s summit in Japan in late May. He is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 6.

"I shall persevere in continuing negotiations based on the basic trend of resolving the issue of the ownership of four islands and singing of the peace treaty, I want to resolve the problem," Abe said, as quoted by the Kyodo news agency.

Japan and Russia never signed a permanent peace treaty after World War II because of a disagreement over four islands, which Russia calls the Southern Kurils and Japan the Northern Territories. The disputed islands, located in the Sea of Okhotsk, were claimed by Soviet forces at the end of the war.

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