The new provisions of the Russian Constitution on the inalienability of the territories of the Russian Federation do not cancel the interest of Moscow in the conclusion of a peace treaty with Japan, its absence in relations to Kokyo and Moscow is nonsense, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“This does not change our approach from the point of view of interest in the conclusion of a peace treaty,” said the Russian leader, his words brings interfax.
“We believe that the absence of such a document in our relations is nonsense” – continued Putin. According to him, Moscow, and Tokyo are interested in the full, absolute normalization of our relations, referring to our mutual strategic interest in the development of cooperation. “
Putin also noticed that Russia never refused the dialogue on a peace treaty, recalling that in the history of the issue of belonging to the southern smoked Japan repeatedly changed its position and their claims.
Answering the question, whether the Russian amendments to the Constitution will annul the Declaration of 1956, which provided for the transfer of Japan of the Islands of Habomai and Shikotan, Russian President said: “We must look closely at the Declaration, to the Constitution and make the appropriate conclusions.”
The President of the Russian Federation also noted that negotiations on the peace treaty with Japan should be accompanied by guarantees of non-disabilities near the borders of the Russian Armed Forces, but Tokyo does not yet respond to Russian questions on this topic.