Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said it is very difficult to talk about the continuation of negotiations on a peace treaty with Japan, which has become a “unfriendly country.”
“Obviously, now, when Japan became an unfriendly country and joined a number of hostile actions towards Russia, it is very difficult to talk about the continuation of the negotiation process,” the TASS quotes.
Sands stressed that all four islands of the southern part of Kuril remain an integral part of Russia.
Previously, the NHK TV channel reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in the “Blue Book of Diplomacy” for the first time in 19 years marked “northern territories” (southern smoked) as “occupied”.
Russia and Japan did not conclude a peace treaty on the results of the Second World War. The signing of the agreement is hampered by the territorial dispute about the Kunshire Kunashir, Shikotan, Ituup and Ridge of Habmioma, who eventually moved under the control of the Soviet Union. Tokyo requires their refund; Moscow believes that territories moved into the USSR legally, reminds RBC. On March 21, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow did not intend to continue with Tokyo negotiations on a peace treaty due to the “unfriendly nature of the unilateral restrictions entered by Japan” (several sanctions packages in connection with the invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine). Moscow also stopped visa-free Japanese trips to Kuriles and left the dialogue on the establishment of joint business activities on the islands.