Putin and Abe saw progress in Russia-Japan relations calling for a depletion of tension in the Korean Peninsula

Progress in Russia-Japan relations appears to have taken place between the two countries in the area of ​​bilateral economic cooperation, which is expected to expand for the first time in the Kourili Islands, which has been giving 70 years of interference in the two countries' relations. This was confirmed by the statements made by the two leaders after the end of their talks in Moscow, who declared their willingness to contribute to the depletion of tension in the Korean Peninsula.

Russian President Valdimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Sindz Abe called on North Korea and the other countries to avoid behaviors and rhetoric that would help to spur the controversy over North Korea's nuclear program. The two politicians agreed to cooperate more closely on this issue in order to reduce tension around North Korea. Russian President even proposed during the joint press conference, to be held six-party talks to discuss the issue of North Korea.

An important part of Putin's and Abe's talks in Moscow were the bilateral economic co-operation relations in various fields, as well as the expansion of cooperation in the Kourili Islands, which have been the subject of friction between the two countries for seventy years, as Japan claiming the islands were occupied by the Soviet army with the end of World War II.

The Russian president said the talks "took place in a constructive atmosphere" and characterized Japan as "Russia's important partner with a prospect," said Russia and Japan in these talks reaffirmed their intention to develop mutually beneficial co-operation. " referring indeed, the prospects of this cooperation he said that Russia is "ready to work with Tokyo to resolve any problems, even the most complex that exist in bilateral relations bis, on the basis of principles of mutual respect, of equal relations and mutual interests. "

The Russian president, referring to the prospects for such cooperation, which can be extended to the islands of Kourili, announced that "in the summer months, Japanese officials and businessmen will visit the Curilan Islands to study the possibilities of cooperation." For his part, Japanese Prime Minister Sindz Abe said that Russia and Japan agreed to fly from Japan to southern Kurriles for the former inhabitants of these controversial islands. "It was decided for the first time in history to visit a special air flight the southern Kouri