Activity Quote by Vladimir Putin

We do not trade territories although concluding a peace treaty with Japan is certainly a key issue and we would like to find a…

— Vladimir Putin

We are natural partners [with Japan] in the world and the Far East, but the absence of a peace treaty does not allow us…

— Vladimir Putin

The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] also highlighted the need to address general humanitarian issues. We already mentioned one of these issues: visa-free travel by…

— Vladimir Putin

The absence of a peace treaty [with Japan] is an anachronism we inherited from the past and it must be removed. However, how to…

— Vladimir Putin

As regards humanitarian issues and how to handle them, that was the Prime Minister's [Shinzō Abe] initiative. He brought the matter up at our…

— Vladimir Putin

At the request of my Japanese colleagues, in 2000 we revisited the possibility of signing a peace treaty based on the 1956 agreement.

— Vladimir Putin

Japan should get more involved in mediating disputes between countries and seek to play the role of a peace broker. To make this possible,…

— Sadako Ogata

You recalled the 1956 declaration, and this declaration established the rules that should be followed by both sides and that should be put into…

— Vladimir Putin

If we act together along these lines, we will create conditions, the conditions for trust that Shinzō Abe speaks about, so as to take…

— Vladimir Putin

If we do it, if we work to achieve all this [cultural exchange with Japan], we can and should talk about joint efforts toward…

— Vladimir Putin

Notably, it was only possible [ negotiating on the Tarabarov Island], and this is very important, due to the high level of trust Russia…

— Vladimir Putin

It has nothing to do with any kind of exchange or sale [of Kuril island to Japan]. It is about the search for a…

— Vladimir Putin