TOKYO: Russia and Japan yesterday signalled there was no resolution after a two-day summit to a decades-long territorial dispute that has blocked them from achieving a peace treaty to formally end World War II hostilities.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks in Abe’s ancestral hometown and in Tokyo in the latest attempt to secure a deal.
“It would be naive to think we can solve this problem in an hour,” Putin said at a joint press conference with Abe.
“There must be an end to this historic ping-pong,” he said.
“The fundamental interests of Russia and Japan require …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
