Moscow’s hardline stance on disputed island group torpedoes bilateral talks with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe that were set for later this yearVladimir Putin’s highly anticipated visit to Japan has been postponed indefinitely,amid inflame in Tokyo at Moscow’s stance on a long-running territorial dispute and concern about Russia’s involvement in the Syrian clash.
The Russian president was to have visited Tokyo by the end of the year to hold talks with Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, or on the Northern Territories,a group of four islands seized from Japan by the Soviet Union towards the end of the moment world war.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com