“Prime Minister Abe told us that during the meeting one-on-one with President Putin, he had a very open exchange of views with the Russian leader on the peace treaty,” Rakeshiko quoted Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Takeshi Osugi.
Negotiations between Putin and Abe in the Kremlin lasted more than three hours.
Putin at a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the decision on a peace treaty should be acceptable to the peoples of the two countries.
RT conducted a live broadcast of the statement following the meeting.