President Shinzo Abe of Japan expressed his desire to achieve a peace treaty with Russia more than 70 years after the second world war, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia on Wednesday.
"Our relations with Russia hold unlimited potential," Abe said. "Over the long stretch of more than 70 years since the end of World War Two, Japan and Russia have yet to conclude a peace treaty between them. Both (President) Putin and I agreed this is an abnormal state of affairs."
The peace deal relates to a dispute over a chain of Pacific islands since the time of World War II. Both the countries have not signed a peace treaty since then.
President Putin, speaking on the stage earlier, pointed out that Russia and Japan's militaries are also cooperating for the first time. The Russian leader told Japan's Abe that the two countries should conclude a peace before the end of the year.
"Let's conclude a peace treaty before the end of this year, without any pre-conditions," Putin told Abe at the forum.
The forum, which covers economic development, cooperation and investment projects in northeast Asia and is now in its fourth year, attracted more than 6,000 attendees from over 60 countries.
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