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🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup on August 13, his first trip to the Kuril Islands, prompting Japan to lodge a diplomatic protest. Putin visited a fish plant, hospital and school and met the governor of Russia’s Sakhalin region, according to the Associated Press.
Japan claims Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and the Habomai group as its Northern Territories, while Russia administers them as part of the southern Kurils. Tokyo says the islands are Japanese territory; Moscow regards them as Russian territory following World War II.
The dispute has consequences beyond the islands themselves: it has kept Japan and Russia from signing a formal peace treaty ending their wartime hostilities. The 1956 Japan–Soviet Joint Declaration restored diplomatic relations but left the core territorial question unresolved. ⚖️
Japan’s foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, said Tokyo “strongly protests” the visit. The trip does not change control of the islands, but it underscores the continuing diplomatic impasse over the boundary and a future peace treaty. 🌊 https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-japan-kuril-islands-northern-territories-iturup-bc9cf6a0aa3fdbed5264d32297d740b4
https://nutanica.com/Kuril_Islands_dispute
Japan claims Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and the Habomai group as its Northern Territories, while Russia administers them as part of the southern Kurils. Tokyo says the islands are Japanese territory; Moscow regards them as Russian territory following World War II.
The dispute has consequences beyond the islands themselves: it has kept Japan and Russia from signing a formal peace treaty ending their wartime hostilities. The 1956 Japan–Soviet Joint Declaration restored diplomatic relations but left the core territorial question unresolved. ⚖️
Japan’s foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, said Tokyo “strongly protests” the visit. The trip does not change control of the islands, but it underscores the continuing diplomatic impasse over the boundary and a future peace treaty. 🌊 https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-japan-kuril-islands-northern-territories-iturup-bc9cf6a0aa3fdbed5264d32297d740b4
https://nutanica.com/Kuril_Islands_dispute
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