Japan Counts on U.S. Support in Case of Peace Treaty with Russia

Japan counts on U.S. support in case of peace treaty with Russia, said special advisor for Foreign Affairs to the head of the government Katsuyuki Kawai. “I would like the US to understand the importance of concluding a Japanese-Russian peace treaty as a means of jointly countering the threat from China”, the agency Kyodo quoted him as saying. Mr. Kawai added that the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is determined to sign this document and resolve the territorial dispute with Russia. It should be recalled that in September, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the Japanese Prime Minister to sign a peace treaty. The leaders of the two countries have repeatedly stated the need to intensify the negotiation process. Shinzo Abe has already noted that the signing of a peace treaty will be a positive thing for the United States. The Japanese government has moved to actively promote within the country the option of solving the territorial problem according to the “1956 model”, which implies a peace treaty with the Russian Federation after transferring two, not four Kuril Islands, to the Japanese. In addition, the media reported that Tokyo is ready to refuse compensation for the Kuril Islands. Source: kommersant