KCSM Newsline October 9, 2015
And his russian counterpart lasted seven hours. They discussed the four islands known in japan as the northern territories. Russia controls the islands, japan claims them. Sugiyama reiterated japans position that the islands are an inherent part of its territory in terms of law and history. The Russian Ambassador repeated russias stance the islands became russias territory as a result of world war ii. Tokyo and moscow never signed a peace treaty after the war over that issue. The leaders of both countries issued a joint statement in 2013. The tag says theyll try to find a mutually acceptable s...
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