Russia, Japan Confirmed Interest In Signing Peace Treaty - Putin

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published January 22, 2019 | 10:07 PM

Russia and Japan have confirmed their interest in signing a peace treaty, hard work remains to be done, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd January, 2019) Russia and Japan have confirmed their interest in signing a peace treaty, hard work remains to be done, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

"I will stress: hard work lies ahead to create conditions for reaching mutually acceptable solutions," Putin said, speaking about the prospects for signing a peace treaty.

He said the discussion of the peace treaty prospects with Abe had taken much time earlier in the day.

Putin said the treaty's terms must be acceptable to both nations and should be supported by them.