The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the resolution of the “territorial issue” with Japan could mean formalizing the de facto existing border with the Russian Federation. This was noted in a posted comment. website departments.
This is how he interpreted the words of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who said that despite the difficulties in relations, Tokyo was determined to solve the land issue and sign a peace agreement with Moscow.
“We proceed from the fact that the ‘solution of the land issue’ mentioned by the Prime Minister of Japan can only mean the international legal formalization of the de facto existing border with our country,” he said.
According to Zakharova, nothing else can be mentioned in the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Room notedDialogue regarding a peace agreement with Japan will only be possible if Tokyo abandons its hostile stance.
On the eve of Ishiba statedHe said Japan-Russia relations were in a difficult state but that Tokyo “will continue to resolve the territorial issue and sign a peace treaty.”
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Source: Gazeta
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