WorldJapan says it will maintain contacts with Russia to resolve outstanding issues
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Tokyo intends to maintain necessary contacts with Moscow and work on unresolved bilateral issues, while continuing to assert its claims to the southern Kuril Islands. He described relations as being in a “difficult situation” amid the conflict in Ukraine; the island dispute and a peace treaty remain unresolved.
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Japan says it will maintain contacts with Russia to resolve outstanding issues