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Tokyo believes such a promise will facilitate negotiations on the long-simmering dispute because Russia is particularly sensitive about U.S. military moves.
The idea has surfaced ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Japan in December. Japan sees the visit as a chance to make progress on the decades-old territorial row, which has prevented the two countries from concluding a peace treaty to formally end World War II.
The inhabited Russian-held islands are Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islet group.
According to the sources, Russia has told Japan it stands by the 1956 Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration, which states Moscow will hand over smaller Shikotan and the Habomai group after concluding a peace treaty with Japan.
But it is also concerned U.S. military forces might be stationed on Shikotan and Habomai after they are returned, based on Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The article allows U.S. troops to be stationed in territories under administered by Japan.
Japan mulls deal to retrieve Russian-held isles by banning U.S. military from them | The Japan Times
I doubt the US would go for that especially because it is using Japan
The idea has surfaced ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Japan in December. Japan sees the visit as a chance to make progress on the decades-old territorial row, which has prevented the two countries from concluding a peace treaty to formally end World War II.
The inhabited Russian-held islands are Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islet group.
According to the sources, Russia has told Japan it stands by the 1956 Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration, which states Moscow will hand over smaller Shikotan and the Habomai group after concluding a peace treaty with Japan.
But it is also concerned U.S. military forces might be stationed on Shikotan and Habomai after they are returned, based on Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The article allows U.S. troops to be stationed in territories under administered by Japan.
Japan mulls deal to retrieve Russian-held isles by banning U.S. military from them | The Japan Times
I doubt the US would go for that especially because it is using Japan
