Japan will not get Kurils from Russia, no matter what

Pravda ^ | 10/10/2013 | Sergei Vasilenkov

[TexGrill]

The Russian-Japanese relations are going through tough times. There is no war, but there is no peace treaty either. The current state of affairs has to do with the fact that the Russian state border in the Kuriles was not recognized by Japan and a number of other countries. Over 65 years this border has not been legally protected. These islands can be called a conflict and destabilizing point in the Asia -Pacific region.

The Russian and Japanese leaders discussed issues of bilateral relations on October 7th. According to the press-secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, the parties paid much attention to the issue of signing a peace treaty and other international issues. Peskov noted the positive attitude of the two presidents. "The dialogue at the highest level is so intense that the experts cannot catch up with this schedule and carefully analyze the statements of the leaders of the two countries."

In November of this year, Russia and Japan are going to hold a meeting in the format "two plus two," bringing together Foreign Ministers and Ministers of Defense of the two countries. Peskov said that at the meeting the two leaders spoke of the need to accelerate work on a peace treaty. The leaders believe that the best philosophical basis for the settlement of the problem could be the formula proposed by Japan, "no winners, no losers."

[TexGrill]

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[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Just draw a line through the middle of the islands - that worked really well in Cyprus, right? /sarc

[molson209]

Let the Russians keep them ,it would cost a fortune to clean them , 65 years LOL it’s just a garbage dump now

[struggle]

Russia won’t give them up even though Russia doesn’t give a crap about them.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks TexGrill.