The meeting, which will involve Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and his Russian counterpart Igor Morgulov, is also expected to cover bilateral economic cooperation.
Kishida told a press conference that he hopes the meeting could shore up Japan-Russia relation as a whole and could be conducive to help the two countries to conclude a peace treaty.
Japan and Russia are at odds over a series of islands north of Japan's Hokkaido. The islands, which are known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, prevent the two countries from signing a peace treaty since the end of World War II.
- The two sides kicked off a similar meeting in mid-August in Moscow, effectively resuming territorial talks between the two countries.
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Tensions have traditionally centered on the disputed northern Pacific archipelago of the Kurill Islands, known as the Northern Territories by Japan, which were secured by the Soviet Union in 1945 as the war was at its close. Japan still claims the territory.
Russian deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said both sides were ready for consultations on the most important issues of bilateral relations and international issues.
“This is the first formal round on the peace treaty between Russia and Japan, which will focus on the historic aspect,” Morgulov said.
Russia believes that the resolution of the Kurill Islands issue must be acceptable to both parties and based on the recognition of results of World War II under the UN Charter..............http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140131/187075985/Russia-Japan-Start-Peace-Treaty-Talks-in-Tokyo.html
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