Announcement of a breakthrough in Russian-Japanese relations

Abstract:

At a meeting in Vladivostok on 3 September, the leaders of Russia and Japan, Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe, announced a date for the Russian President to visit Japan: 15 December.

At the same time, Prime Minister Abe declared Tokyo’s willingness to intensify its economic cooperation with Russia without waiting to find a solution to the dispute over the Northern Kurils. In turn, President Putin suggested that, in the case of economic rapprochement, Moscow does not rule out making compromises on the Kurils issue.

ESO: Background information: Japan-Russia Summit. Time to exploit complementarities? http://www.europeansources.info/record/japan-russia-summit-time-to-exploit-complementarities/

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