Telephone conference with President Putin, Prime Minister Abe, to continue strengthening relations 22:48 August 31
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Prime Minister Abe for making a great contribution to the development of cooperative relations between the two countries in a telephone conference with Prime Minister Abe on the 31st, and made efforts to strengthen bilateral relations. Emphasized the importance of continuing.
According to the announcement by the Russian Presidential Office, the telephone conference was proposed by the Russian side, and President Putin thanked Prime Minister Abe for personally making a great contribution to the development of bilateral cooperation. about it.
In addition, the two leaders said, "We emphasized the importance of continuing efforts to strengthen good relations between the two countries for the security and stability of the Asia-Pacific region in the interests of the people of both countries."
Putin held close summit talks with Prime Minister Abe nearly 30 times and praised the progress of bilateral relations in terms of economics, medical care, and culture based on the eight-item cooperation plan proposed by the Japanese side. It seems that he thanked him this time.
On the other hand, the negotiations on the peace treaty are proceeding based on the Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration that the Habomai Islands and Shikotan Island will be handed over after the treaty is concluded, but the Russian side has not broken its strong stance and this time Russia The side's announcement did not include content related to peace treaty negotiations.