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Russia's Stance on Kurils Unchanged After Crimea Reunification - Putin

© Sputnik / Yuriy Somov / Go to the mediabankAfter his annual live Q&A session, Vladimir Putin said that Russia did not change its stance on the disputed Kuril Islands; however, Moscow is ready for a dialogue with Japan on the issue.
After his annual live Q&A session, Vladimir Putin said that Russia did not change its stance on the disputed Kuril Islands; however, Moscow is ready for a dialogue with Japan on the issue. - Sputnik International
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After his annual live Q&A session, Vladimir Putin said that Russia did not change its stance on the Kuril Islands; however, Moscow is ready for a dialogue with Japan on the issue.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow has not changed its stance on the Kuril Islands, but is ready to continue dialogue with Japan on the issue.

"Our approach to the peace treaty with Japan and the territorial issue has not changed following Crimea reunification," Putin told reporters after his annual live Q&A session.

"We are ready for a dialogue with Japan on this issue, but only in line with documents adopted in 1956 on the basis of the outcome of the Second World War, which have been ratified by the Japanese parliament."

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He added that Kurils residents were unlikely to vote for reunification with Japan following the Crimea precedent, as the dispute over the islands originated from the results of the Second World War and has nothing to do with the present situation.

Russia and Japan are yet to resolve a Tokyo-initiated dispute over four islands in the Sea of Okhotsk, called the Southern Kurils by Russia and the Northern Territories by Japan.

The islands have been administered by Russia since the end of World War II, but the Japanese government lays claim to them. The status of the Southern Kuril Islands was stipulated by the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty that handed over control of the islands to Russia.

In February, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed, to the Russian Foreign Ministry's concern, to reclaim the islands.

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