Japan's Abe Mulls Trading Peace Deal With Russia For 2 Kuril Islands - Reports
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 21, 2019 | 12:24 AM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st January, 2019) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been considering signing a peace treaty with Russia if it hands over two islands in a disputed chain off Japan's northern tip, local media said.
The row over four Southern Kuril islands stopped the Soviet Union from signing the post-WWII deal with Japan, which sees them as its occupied northern territory.
Abe is now looking at the option of the transfer of just two islands - Habomai and Shikotan - to end the decades-long standoff, according to several government sources who spoke with Kyodo.
The news agency added that government officials regarded the handover of two other islands - Iturup and Kunashir - as "unrealistic."
This comes days before the Japanese prime minister is expected to come to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The peace deal is expected to be high on their agenda.
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