Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Japan in December, Moscow and Tokyo confirmed Tuesday.
The schedule for the visit could be decided when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets Putin later this week at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Japan’s top government spokesman said.
“I believe the most important thing in diplomacy is trust between the two leaders,” Yoshihide Suga said. “In that respect I think Prime Minister Abe and President Putin have that already in common. And we would thus like to negotiate the return of the four islands along the lines of the new approach signaled by Putin …read more
Source: Voice of America
