MOSCOW, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe will visit Russia this week for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said Tuesday, as the two sides look to make headway on a decades-old territorial dispute.
The Kremlin said talks set for Thursday will focus on “the state and
prospects for development of Russo-Japanese cooperation in the political, trade and economic, and humanitarian spheres.”
The meeting follows on from Putin’s first visit to Japan in 11 years
last December, when the two leaders failed to resolve a disagreement over an island chain that has prevented their nations signing a peace treaty to formally end World War II.