The Kremlin Denied the Transfer of the Kuril Islands to Japan

First, countries must sign a treaty of peace. But this does not mean automatic transfer of the islands to the Japanese side. The return to the 1956 Joint Declaration in the Russia-Japan peace treaty talks in no way implies an automatic transfer of Russian territories to Japan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said for the TV channel “Russia 1”. Peskov believes that the question of the ownership of the territories will be decided when a compromise is found that will suit both Moscow and Tokyo. “Over these days we have heard a great variety of different speculations, political guesses about some sort of a separate deal on the transfer of the islands and so on. This is not true and cannot be true”, said Peskov. Source: Dixi News