File pix by Muhd Amin Naharul/TMR Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is betting that a hot-spring resort near his ancestral home will be the right venue for a breakthrough with Russian President Vladimir Putin over a seven-decade territorial dispute.
Discussions over the islands will top the agenda at the meeting in southwest Japan on Thursday afternoon, according to a Japanese government official who asked not to be named due to department protocol. Public broadcaster NHK said Putin will arrive two hours later than planned for the summit. Abe and Putin will then head to Tokyo on Friday for talks on economic …read more
Source: The Malaysian Reserve
