# Summoned Japanese ambassador arrives at Russian Foreign Ministry

https://mins.news/en/item/24939

- TASS, 2026-08-18 09:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2174511

> Japanese Ambassador to Moscow Akira Muto arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry after being summoned over Tokyo’s protest against President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iturup in the Kuril Islands. Russia said Muto came on August 18 after Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov publicly addressed his earlier absence. The two countries remain divided over ownership of the South Kuril Islands and have not signed a post-World War II peace treaty.

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