[Published: Saturday December 03 2016]
Russia's Lavrov says difficult to solve peace treaty issue with Japan
MOSCOW, 03 Dec. - (ANA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday it would be difficult to close the gap in positions over a peace treaty with Japan.
A territorial dispute between Tokyo and Moscow over a chain of western Pacific islands, seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War Two, has upset diplomatic relations ever since, precluding a formal peace treaty between the two countries.
Speaking at a joint briefing with Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Moscow, Lavrov also said a United States' anti-missile system in the Asia Pacific region presented a threat. - (ANA)
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