The necessary conditions for the signing of the peace Treaty between Russia and Japan, a high level of trust and the absence of the defeated party, said the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the WEF 2016. It is reported by the correspondent.<url>.
The Russian leader noted that the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, with whom he had “very good and trusting relations”, said each side has their own vision and each side is looking through the prism of their national interests on this issue.
“But we are all United in one thing — the problem should be solved”, — stressed the President of the Russian Federation.
On the question of a forum moderator, how Putin sees Russia’s relations with Japan in five years, if you look at them through a magical crystal, the President said, “the enemy is in our national interests.”
“Our past should not prevent to go forward, — said Putin. — Of course, we have to think and think on how to get rid of problems that don’t allow to go as fast as we would like. I hope that these problems will solve.
According to him, in the far East will implement a number of projects, which may be Japan’s interest. As an example, he cited a production in Vladivostok, the Japanese automobile engines.
Previously, Abe has called an abnormal situation in which between Russia and Japan is not a peace Treaty. “Let’s put an end to this abnormal situation, which lasted 70 years,” he said, referring to Putin. According to him, it is necessary, ending the territorial dispute, begin to build new relationships and open a new era that will last another 70 years.
In 1956, Moscow and Tokyo signed a Declaration on ending the war, the document may enter into force only after the conclusion of a Treaty of peace. The main obstacle to this is the unresolved dispute over the southern Kuril Islands. Japan claims the four Islands, referring to the Treaty of 1855. Russia insists that these territories became part of the Soviet Union at the end of the Second world war.
