TOKYO: Russia and Japan on Friday 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 …read more
Source: The News International
