The Russian foreign Ministry called the inappropriate innuendo Japanese media on the peace Treaty between Moscow and Tokyo, including on the topic of indisputable sovereignty of Russia over the South Kuril Islands.
It is clarified that the reaction of the Russian foreign Ministry caused by the publication in the newspaper of the Japanese "Asahi" 6 may, allegedly revealing the contents of the "top secret" record of conversation of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev with Prime Minister Tanaka of Japan in October 1973.
"Our country throughout the post-war period maintained a consistent position: a peace Treaty should be based on the recognition of Japan, results of world war II in full, including the undeniable sovereignty of the Russian Federation over all the South Kuril Islands. Any insinuations on this subject, especially with reference to "private archives" of the former Japanese leadership, inappropriate", – stressed in the foreign Ministry.
Representatives of the Department stated that the purpose of this is not the first stuffing "pseudosection materials" on the issue of a peace Treaty between Russia and Japan are obvious: "based on another speculation to try to reinforce Japanese position in the negotiations". "we Have to state that the initiators of this publication, including, do not exclude, there are Japanese officials, wishful thinking" – said the foreign Ministry.
The Russian side also said that the priority task at this stage is the development of the whole range of Russian-Japanese cooperation for the purpose of bringing bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level. "the Only result – and visible to the people of both countries will allow to create conditions for substantive dialogue on a range of sensitive issues", – concluded the Agency.
Japan claims the Islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai, referring to bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. The return of the Islands Tokyo made it a condition of signing a peace Treaty with Russia, which after the Second world war and was not signed.
In 1956 the USSR and Japan signed a joint Declaration in which Moscow has agreed to consider the possibility of transfer of Japan two Islands in the case of concluding a peace Treaty. The USSR hoped to put on this point, Japan believed a deal is only a part of the solution, not abandoning claims to all the Islands. Subsequent negotiations in what have not resulted. Moscow’s position is that the Islands became part of the Soviet Union at the end of the Second world war and the Russian sovereignty over them cannot be questioned.
