TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, holding out the prospect for a summit as he renewed his call for progress on an elusive World War II peace treaty.
The two countries have never officially struck a peace accord more than after 70 years after the end of the conflict amid a territorial dispute over four Japanese islands seized by Soviet troops at the war’s conclusion.
“President Putin and I share the view that it is abnormal for our nations not to have a peace treaty 70 years since the war,” Abe said at his first …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
