“Everybody knows that Putin’s long-postponed visit to Japan is due in December, and I think that the agenda of this visit will be discussed at the meeting in Vladivostok”.
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Putin will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on September 3 as the “process of normalization of relations between the two countries is under way”, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said.
A dispute over four sparsely populated islands in the Pacific, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kuriles in Russian Federation, has prevented the countries from signing a peace treaty ending World War Two.
The Turkish leader visited Russian Federation earlier this month, during which the two sides vowed to stabilize bilateral ties.
Despite the West attempting to marginalize Putin since his annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and subsequent intervention in the east, Russia’s operation in Syria in 2015 has forced Western leaders to bring Russian Federation to the discussion table.
After the Russian jet was shot down in November previous year near the Syrian-Turkish border, Russia imposed trade restrictions on Ankara.
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Although U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been dealing with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Syrian peace talks and made several visits to Russia and Ukraine, including in meetings with Putin, Obama’s meetings with the Russian leader have been rare since 2014. This news story is related to Latest/146439-Putin-to-visit-Japan-in-December-Kremlin/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
