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Medvedev reaffirms his position on Kuril Islands at meeting with Japanese premier

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reaffirmed his position on the Kuril Islands at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Satuday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reaffirmed his position on the Kuril Islands at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Satuday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

"Just as Kan expressed disappointment over...[Medvedev's] visit to Kunashir Island, our assessment of the situation is that the president decides himself which region of Russia he visits," Lavrov said. "This is and will remain our territory."

Medvedev aggravated a long-standing dispute over four of the Kuril Islands by visiting one of them earlier this month. Both countries have laid claims to the islands since they were occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II. The dispute over the islands has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty to formally end World War II hostilities.

YOKOHAMA, November 13 (RIA Novosti)

 

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