Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Putin, Abe Discuss Kuril Islands, WWII Treaty

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met in Moscow on Saturday for talks on such matters as resolving a dispute over four Pacific islands and eventually signing a peace treaty. Abe has been pushing for a way forward in the dispute that centers on the four most southern of the Kuril Islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories. The Soviet Union took the islands in the closing days of World War II. The dispute has kept the two countries from...

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