The Russian foreign Ministry commented on the allegations in the Japanese media about some previously unknown statements by the Secretary General of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev on the southern part of the Kuril Islands.
Japanese newspaper “Asahi” says that during the talks with the Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Kakuei in October 1973, Brezhnev admitted that among the “outstanding issues” is the question on southern Kuriles.
In this edition refers to the official transcript by the staff of the Japanese foreign Ministry. The entry is marked “top secret. Without limitation of the period”. It is reported that the record found in the library of the University of Tokyo of the Meiji era, where she came from the archive of former Prime Minister Takeo Miki after the death of the policy, reports TASS.
Russia’s statement called the newspaper “an injection of pseudosections material on the issue of a peace Treaty”. It is noted that such stuffing was done before. The purpose of these actions is to use the “latest speculation” to “reinforce Japanese position in the negotiations.”
Russian foreign Ministry admits that among the initiators of the publication are Japanese officials. However, the Japanese side of the “wishful thinking”, since the sovereignty of Russia over the Kuril Islands is indisputable, the report said. As stated in the foreign Ministry, the peace agreement should be based on the recognition of Japan, results of world war II in full
Russia considers “any inappropriate insinuations”, especially “with reference to “private archives” of the former Japanese leadership.”
The Russian Ministry recalled that the country is now trying through the “development of cooperation” to take their relationship “to a qualitatively new level”. When “visible to the people of both countries,” the outcome will be, will be “conditions for substantive dialogue on a range of sensitive issues”.
We will remind, Moscow has repeatedly stated that the conclusion of the peace Treaty in Tokyo needs to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over Kuril Islands.
