Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a summit meeting on June 29, when Putin visits Japan for a meeting of leaders of the Group of 20 nations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Japan claims a string of Russia-controlled western Pacific islands, called the Northern Territories in Japan and Southern Kuriles in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The territorial row over the island chain, seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War Two, has upset diplomatic relations ever since, precluding a formal peace treaty between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior officials and political leaders from both countries have held talks frequently in recent months to discuss ways to put an end to an decades-old territorial dispute and conclude a peace treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith eyes on the Russia-Japan summit meeting at the time of the G20 summit in Osaka, we made checks on the state of progress in Russia-Japan relations,\u201d Lavrov told reporters after meeting his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono.
\nLavrov\u2019s comment, in Russian, was translated into Japanese at a joint news conference with Kono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lavrov also said talks with Japan on five joint economic activity projects on the disputed islands were proceeding at a good pace, without elaborating. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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