The Japanese government will continue consultations with Russia on the basis of its basic position, which boils down to resolving the issue of ownership of a number of the Kuril Islands. Subsequently, Tokyo also plans to sign a peace treaty.
“The Northern Territories (as the Kuril Islands are called in Japan – editor’s note) are the islands to which the sovereignty of Japan extends. The Japanese government ensures a close dialogue between the leaders and foreign ministers of the two countries and will continue active negotiations with Russia on the basis of our basic position – solving the problem of the ownership of the four northern islands and the subsequent conclusion of a peace treaty, “the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s diplomacy report says.Blue Book“For 2021.
On April 21, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said that Russia “is worried that if the South Kuril Islands are given to Japan, American troops will deploy military bases there.” He made a proposal to revise the United States-Japan Mutual Cooperation and Security Assurance Treaty.
On March 25, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that Japan was ready to continue negotiations with Russia on the ownership of the South Kuril Islands on the basis of the 1956 Soviet-Japanese joint declaration.
The Kremlin confirmed its interest in this dialogue with Japan.
Following the results of World War II, Russia and Japan did not sign a peace treaty due to a dispute over the ownership of the islands of Kunashir, Iturup and a number of territories of the Lesser Kuril ridge. Japan continues to consider them its “northern territories”, although as a result of the war they crossed over to the USSR.
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