--- title: "9 Treaty Quotes By Vladimir Putin" description: "9 Treaty quotes by Vladimir Putin. Plus more from Vladimir Putin and more Treaty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/vladimir-putin-261_agreement_at-the-request-of-my-japanese-colleagues_2793921.jpg" --- > [At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/at-the-request-of-my-japanese-colleagues-in-2000-we-revisited-the/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/vladimir-putin-261_agreement_at-the-request-of-my-japanese-colleagues_2793921.jpg) > [We do not trade territories although concluding a peace treaty with Japan is certainly a key issue and we would like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-do-not-trade-territories-although-concluding-a-peace-treaty-with/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/vladimir-putin-261_concluding_we-do-not-trade-territories-although-con_2356123.jpg) > [ This is the large range of issues we have to discuss \[with Shinzō Abe\] and make a decision on each one of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/this-is-the-large-range-of-issues-we-have-to-discuss-with-shinz-abe/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/vladimir-putin-261_abe_this-is-the-large-range-of-issues-we-hav_1547013.jpg) > [ The absence of a peace treaty \[with Japan\] is an anachronism we inherited from the past and it must be removed. However,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/the-absence-of-a-peace-treaty-with-japan-is-an-anachronism-we/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/vladimir-putin-261_absence_the-absence-of-a-peace-treaty-with-japan_2791393.jpg) > [ We are natural partners \[with Japan\] in the world and the Far East, but the absence of a peace treaty does not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-are-natural-partners-with-japan-in-the-world-and-the-far-east-but/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/vladimir-putin-261_absence_we-are-natural-partners-with-japan-in-th_2876625.jpg) > [ Our agreements on creating the conditions for preparing a peace treaty \[with Japan\] should be rooted in this trust. This may be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/our-agreements-on-creating-the-conditions-for-preparing-a-peace/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/vladimir-putin-261_activity_our-agreements-on-creating-the-condition_149257.jpg) > [Back in 1956, we signed a treaty and surprisingly it was ratified both by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/back-in-1956-we-signed-a-treaty-and-surprisingly-it-was-ratified-both/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/vladimir-putin-261_agreement_back-in-1956-we-signed-a-treaty-and-surp_2966550.jpg) > [If we act together along these lines, we will create conditions, the conditions for trust that Shinzō Abe speaks about, so as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/if-we-act-together-along-these-lines-we-will-create-conditions-the/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/vladimir-putin-261_abe_if-we-act-together-along-these-lines-we_1965891.jpg) > [You recalled the 1956 declaration, and this declaration established the rules that should be followed by both sides and that should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/you-recalled-the-1956-declaration-and-this-declaration-established/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/vladimir-putin-261_both-sides_you-recalled-the-1956-declaration-and-th_1696125.jpg) ## Other authors on Treaty - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-townsend-harris-91989.jpg) Townsend Harris 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/treaty/townsend-harris/) ## More by Vladimir Putin > [We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-shall-fight-against-them-throw-them-in-prisons-and-destroy-them/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [ Their \[the U.S.’s\] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/their-the-u-s-s-defense-budget-in-absolute-figures-is-almost-25-times/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [Personally, I think that children should be left alone, they should be given an opportunity to grow up, to become aware of themselves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/personally-i-think-that-children-should-be-left-alone-they-should-be/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/yes-life-in-chechnya-so-far-looks-more-like-a-life-after-a-natural/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig - lots of screams but little wool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/i-d-rather-not-deal-with-such-questions-because-anyway-it-s-like/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [Not everyone likes the stable, gradual rise of our country. There are some who are using the democratic ideology to interfere in our internal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/not-everyone-likes-the-stable-gradual-rise-of-our-country-there-are/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [Europeans are really dying out!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/europeans-are-really-dying-out/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [We see Serbs as our spiritual brothers. And that is what is at the base of our relations today and in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-see-serbs-as-our-spiritual-brothers-and-that-is-what-is-at-the/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [ They \[leaders in Western Europe\] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent for our… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/they-leaders-in-western-europe-do-not-misuse-financial-instruments/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/terrorism-has-once-again-shown-it-is-prepared-deliberately-to-stop-at/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle never ends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/contractors-always-pursue-large-profit-the-customer-a-high-quality/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/i-would-like-to-draw-your-attention-to-the-fact-that-in-russia-unlike/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [The sanctions may be imposed only by the decision of the UN Security Council. A unilateral imposition of sanctions is a violation of international…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/the-sanctions-may-be-imposed-only-by-the-decision-of-the-un-security/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/whoever-does-not-miss-the-soviet-union-has-no-heart-whoever-wants-it/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) > [Anyhow, we obviously understand that, being a United States' ally and having a special relationship with it, the UK in its relations with Russian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/anyhow-we-obviously-understand-that-being-a-united-states-ally-and/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/treaty/vladimir-putin/#itemlist", "name": "9 Treaty Quotes By Vladimir Putin", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vladimir Putin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/at-the-request-of-my-japanese-colleagues-in-2000-we-revisited-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/vladimir-putin-261_agreement_at-the-request-of-my-japanese-colleagues_2793921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/vladimir-putin-261_agreement_at-the-request-of-my-japanese-colleagues_2793921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/vladimir-putin-261_agreement_at-the-request-of-my-japanese-colleagues_2793921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty…” — Vladimir Putin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We do not trade territories although concluding a peace treaty with Japan is certainly a key issue and we would like to find a solution to this problem together with our Japanese friends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vladimir Putin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-do-not-trade-territories-although-concluding-a-peace-treaty-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/vladimir-putin-261_concluding_we-do-not-trade-territories-although-con_2356123.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/vladimir-putin-261_concluding_we-do-not-trade-territories-although-con_2356123.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/vladimir-putin-261_concluding_we-do-not-trade-territories-although-con_2356123.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We do not trade territories although concluding a peace treaty with Japan is certainly a key issue and we…” — Vladimir Putin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is the large range of issues we have to discuss [with Shinzō Abe] and make a decision on each one of them. 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This may be achieved, for example, by large-scale economic activities that will also cover the Kuril Islands. It may be achieved by solving purely humanitarian issues, for instance, unhindered visa-free travel by former residents of the Southern Kuril Islands to where they used to live: visiting cemeteries, native places and so on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vladimir Putin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/our-agreements-on-creating-the-conditions-for-preparing-a-peace/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/vladimir-putin-261_activity_our-agreements-on-creating-the-condition_149257.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/vladimir-putin-261_activity_our-agreements-on-creating-the-condition_149257.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/vladimir-putin-261_activity_our-agreements-on-creating-the-condition_149257.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our agreements on creating the conditions for preparing a peace treaty [with Japan] should be rooted in this…” — Vladimir Putin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Back in 1956, we signed a treaty and surprisingly it was ratified both by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and the Japanese Parliament. 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However, first, it is essential to cover this part of the way and then agree on the terms for signing a peace treaty. 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