Russia, Japan say differences remain over disputed islands
Russia and Japan’s top diplomats yesterday said there was a way to go before their countries could resolve a World War II-era dispute over a chain of islands, following a meeting in Moscow. Ahead of talks, Russia’s Sergei Lavrov said “significant differences” remained between Moscow and Tokyo’s positions, despite several previous rounds of negotiations. The territorial dispute centres on four islands, between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean, seized by the Soviet army in the last days of World War II. The string of volcanic islands are called the Kurils by Russia and the Northern Territories by Japan.
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