Umit Nazmi Hazir
In the beginning of
September, the Eastern Economic Forum took place in Vladivostok, which is a
Pacific port city in eastern Russia. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also
joined this forum. One of the topics of the forum was the Kuril Islands issue,
which has been the greatest obstacle to the normalization of the bilateral
relations and signing a peace treaty between Russia and Japan since 1945.
Abe called on President
Vladimir Putin of Russia to fulfill his historical duty and sign a peace treaty
to solve the historical and territorial dispute of Kuril Islands. Putin
confirmed his agreement with Abe last year to accelerate peace treaty …read more
Source:: The Frontier Post
