I stated to the Prime Minister that relations between Japan and Russia are in this situation because of the special operation in Ukraine.
At the same time, Kishida stated that he would continue to adhere to the course of concluding a peace treaty, and also once again recalled the desire to “resolve the territorial issue.”
The words of the Japanese politician are quoted by TASS.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov previously gave an interview in which he said: “We do not have any territorial disputes with NATO countries.
In general, we no longer have territorial disputes with anyone.
All territorial disputes with Japan have also been closed.
They understand this very well."
Russian authorities have repeatedly spoken about the indisputability of Russian sovereignty over the Kuril Islands.
As noted in the Kremlin, there are currently no prospects for negotiations on a peace treaty with Japan.
According to Dmitry Peskov, Japan has actively joined the camp of unfriendly states.
At the same time, the Japanese side in Japan’s Blue Book on Diplomacy for 2023 used the wording about “illegal occupation of the northern territories.”
In Moscow, in response to this, they recalled that Russia does not accept such a formulation of the question and such formulations, because the Kuril Islands are an integral part of the Russian Federation.