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Titolo: Putin firmly defends Russia's sovereignty for Kurile Islands

 
          Putin firmly defends Russia's sovereignty for Kurile Islands, Japan insists
on their return
09/30/2005 12:09
The return of the islands is the basis of the peace treaty with Russia,
Japanese politicians say
The scandal between Russia and Japan regarding the sovereignty of Kurile
Islands has resumed this week again. Answering a question from a resident of
Sakhalin in Russia's Far East during a call-in conference held on September
27, President Vladimir Putin stated that the sovereignty of Russia's four
Kurile Islands was not to be discussed. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi said two days later, though, that Japan would continue to insist on
the return of the islands. According to Koizumi, it would be the mandatory
condition upon which Japan would agree to sign the peace treaty.
Speaking about relations with Japan, the Russian president said that there
were certain questions left that the two countries had unsolved, including
the one about the sovereignty of Kurile Islands. "It is a very sensitive
question both for Russia and for Japan. I am certain that we always can find
variants that would be good for the both sides," Putin said. The president
added that the islands are under the Russian sovereignty that is fixed by
international agreements. "These are the results of WWII, and we are not
going to discuss anything at this point," Putin concluded.
The Japanese administration responded with a rather predictable reaction.
The Japanese PM said in the parliament that Japan was advancing steadily to
sign the peace treaty with Russia after the return of the four South Kurile
Islands. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda was more explicit in his
statement: "The return of the islands is the basis of the peace treaty.
There are certain doubts about Russia's sufficient awareness of all
historical nuances. That is why Japan constantly needs to repeat its
requirements on the matter," Hosoda said.
Both Russia and Japan have been setting out their readiness to sign the
peace treaty for 50 years already, although things still remain right where
they started. The previous president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, conducted
formal talks with the former Japanese PM, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Russian and
Japanese diplomats attempted to conducted economic agreements and set up
numerous bilateral committees to settle a variety of issues. To crown it
all, there was a special board established in October of 2003, in which
well-known political and public figures of both Russia and Japan were
included. Neither of those efforts have brought any positive results so far:
members of the council said that they would most likely have to leave the
dispute to future generations.
The territorial dispute heats up around the four islands: Iturup, Kunashir,
Shikotan and the Habomai ridge. Russia considers the four islands its own
territory. According to the peace treaty signed after the end of WWII, all
Kurile Islands were put under the USSR's sovereignty. Japan, however,
differentiated the legal and geographical notions of Kurile Islands and
emphasized that it always distinguished them from the remaining group of
islands. Japan agreed once for the return of only two islands, Shikotan and
Habomai, which used to be a part of Hokkaido prefecture. However, when
Junichiro Koizumi took the office, the Japanese administration demanded the
return of all the four islands and refused to sign the peace treaty with
Russia.
Japan obviously has its weak points in the dispute, the energy dependence on
Russia, first and foremost. Japan is not rich with mineral resources, but
there is also a question of defensive weakness as well: Japan has been
deprived of the right to have a real army for more than 50 years already.
Apart from all of that, Japan suffers from the overpopulation crisis.
Japanese authorities are forced to make artificial islands trying to obtain
more territory for people. The 130-million-strong Japan has the population
density of 350 people per one square kilometer. It goes without saying that
Japan is very envious of Russia, where this index reaches only nine people
per one square kilometer. However, the living standard in Japan is a lot
higher than in Russia; Japan has become one of the world's leading
technological and economic powers too. Those residing in South Kurile
Islands have a possibility to visit Japan without any visas. Furthermore,
practically all Russians living in the Far East of Russia own Japanese
vehicles - they do not wish to drive Russian cars at all.
Japan is one of the world leaders in the development of oil-alternative
energy sources. It is not ruled out that Japanese scientists may soon
relieve their nation of the need to purchase and use oil. As for the army,
Japanese law-makers have already approved a plan to turn self-defense forces
into powerful Armed Forces outfitted with up-to-date weaponry. It is worthy
of note at this point that Japan can boast of having largest gold reserves
in the world.
The Japanese government is not likely to change its standpoint regarding the
future of South Kurile Islands. To crown it all, EU and US officials in the
face of the Pentagon chief, Donald Rumsfeld, advised Russia should return
all the four moot islands to Japan. Russian President Putin was supposed to
visit Japan in the beginning of the current year, but the trip was not meant
to take place. It brings up the idea that Putin's scheduled visit to Tokyo
in November is not likely to bring any positive results either.
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 in November is not likely to bring any positive results either.
Ancora un complotto global-capitalista antirusso, compagni!
 Deve essere dura per te combattere su tanti fronti alla volta, 
compagno Sergei!
 Ma la Grande Madre Russa ne ha viste ben altre! Mai mollare, nemmeno 
quattro isolette!
Am.

amalric ha scritto:
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solita testa di cazzo titanica

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ormai toniamalruch e' a ruota di kachette .
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