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Tokyo has refused to support the Russian President's proposal to sign a peace treaty without preconditions, RBC reports. According to Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the government adheres to the previous approach of signing document only after the resolution of the long-standing dispute over the so-called Northern Territories.
Suga doubted that Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe were able to discuss this initiative during the Eastern Economic Forum. The Japanese prime minister has not yet commented on this remark.
As Russkiy Mir reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin invited the head of the Japanese government Shinzo Abe to sign a peace treaty this year. According to Putin, this should be done without any preconditions. He made the statement during the speech at the EEF.
The Russian leader confirmed that Moscow is striving to reach a peace treaty. For seventy years, it undertakes attempts to find a resolution for the complex situation through negotiations. He explained that later, Moscow and Tokyo will continue to resolve the remaining issues as friends on the basis of this document.
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