VLADIVOSTOK, Russia: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a new era in ties hampered by a territorial dispute dating back to World War 2.
“Let’s put an end to this abnormal situation which has lasted 70 years, and together start to build a new epoch in Russia-Japan ties that will last the next 70 years,” Abe told Putin during a speech translated into Russian after the pair met for talks in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok.
Tokyo-Moscow relations are hamstrung by a row dating back to the end of World War 2 when …read more
Source: The Manila Times
