MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Putin is scheduled to visit Japan on December 15-16, where he will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for talks on the strategy to revive bilateral relations.
"We are currently in the process of active discussion [of the documents]," Morgulov said adding that "over a dozen of documents, many economic agreements" were being prepared.
9 December 2016, 13:55 GMT
The Russian-Japanese relations are tainted by the territorial dispute between the two countries. Japan claims back four Kuril Islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Habomai and Iturup, which Russia considers to be its own territory, according to the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty that transferred the control of the islands to the Soviet Union. The dispute prevented Moscow and Tokyo from signing a peace treaty after World War II.
The relations between the two states have recently been re-energized. In September, Abe took part in the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, during which he held three-hour talks with the Russian president. One of the outcomes of the meeting was the announcement of Putin's visit to Japan on December 15, which has been postponed from 2014.
