Putin: 'Russia has no territorial dispute with Japan'

(Baonghean.vn) - In an interview with NipponTV (NTV), Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed that Russia has no territorial dispute with Japan. If Japan still holds an opposing view, Russia is always ready to discuss.

Russia wants to build friendship and mutual trust with Japan. (photo: Ria Novosti)

Putin said that the fact that Japan has not signed a peace treaty since World War II is "a legacy of the past, going against the times." According to him, since 1956, when diplomatic relations between the two countries were normalized, Moscow and Tokyo have not built their relationship on any foundation.

Therefore, the Russian leader called for "an atmosphere of trust, friendship and cooperation" between the two countries. In addition to economic cooperation, Russia and Japan can also "join hands" in efforts to ensure international security.

On December 15-16, President Vladimir Putin will hold a bilateral summit in Japan. The two sides will be determined to resolve the territorial issue once and for all. At the same time, they will sign dozens of documents.

The Kuril Islands, located in Russia's Sakhalin region, form a volcanic island sea that stretches 1,300 km from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, dividing the Sea of ​​Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean.

There are 56 islands in this archipelago and many other small rocks. The total area of ​​the island is 15,600 km2 and the population is 19,000 people.

Russia claims all the islands as Russian territory, but Japan claims the four southernmost islands as its own, leading to a long-standing dispute between the two countries.

During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, Japan occupied the coast of Kamchatka but was later repelled by Russian troops. After the war ended, Russia allowed Japan to fish in these waters under the Russo-Japanese fishing agreement that lasted until 1945./.

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(According to Ria Novosti)