Japan-Russia summit meeting begins or will it lead to progress in territorial negotiations September 5 13:09
Prime Minister Abe, who is visiting the Russian Far East, has been at the Japan-Russia summit with President Putin since 0:30 pm Japan time. While the Russian side has not lost a strong stance over the Northern Territories issue, I would like to confirm further realization of joint economic activities on the Northern Four Islands and lead to the progress of negotiations.
Prime Minister Abe, visiting Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, met individually with Prime Minister Modi of India and President Butorga of Mongolia on the morning of 5th before attending the International Economic Forum.
And after 0:30 pm Japan time, we are heading to a Japan-Russia summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The two leaders' meetings are the 27th since June, and it seems that opinions have been exchanged over peace treaty negotiations including the Northern Territories issue and joint economic activities on the northern islands.
However, in the Northern Territories issue, they agreed to promote the negotiations at the summit meeting in June, but the stagnation continued at the administrative level, and the Russian side lost its hard-lined attitude, such as Prime Minister Medvedev visited the island in the last month. not.
As Prime Minister Abe, we would like to confirm further concreteization of joint economic activities, such as pilot sightseeing tours and traffic of trash disposal specialists, and lead to progress in negotiations.