“I would not expect breakouts, because the process is long. It is obvious that it will take a lot of time. While the positions of the parties diverge significantly, so we will continue the dialogue with Japan on the differences that exist between us in order to continue to look for ways to reach mutually acceptable solutions, ”TASS quoted Morgulov as saying.
The deputy foreign minister also said that he would hold a round of security consultations in Tokyo next week, which would inter alia address the issue of Russia's military construction in the Kuril Islands.
At the same time, he noted that the topic of military construction of Russia in the southern Kuril Islands has nothing to do with the peace treaty with Japan.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a speech at the Territory of Meanings All-Russian Youth Educational Forum, said he did not consider the situation with the signing of a peace treaty with Japan to be an impasse.