The Southern Kuril Islands have unspoilt nature
Medianewpaper - Japan may engage in economic activity on the Southern Kuril Islands
in the event it does not damage the Japanese legal position, a Japanese
Foreign Ministry source told Interfax.
“Japanese economic activity on the islands, which we call the
Northern Territories, or joint Japanese-Russian activity will be
possible there in the event that it does no harm to the legal position
of Japan or is conducted in accordance with Japanese laws or an
international agreement we may adopt,” the source said.
When asked whether Japan intended to participate in business projects
on the South Kuril Islands before the settlement of the territorial
problem, the source said yes.
“Russia would welcome or agree to joint economic activity based on Russian laws. We cannot accept that,” he said.
“Regarding our investments in the Russian Far East, we welcome them
and try to support the activity of Japanese companies in the Far East.
Even under the current complex circumstances, Japanese companies have an
aspiration and a wish to enter markets of the Far East, and we would
like to support this aspiration,” the source said.
Japan lays claims to four southern islands of the Kuril chain:
Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai, referring to the 1855 Treaty of
Commerce and Navigation. Moscow maintains that the Southern Kurils were
incorporated by the former Soviet Union after World War II, and that
Russian sovereignty over those territories was established by
international legal documents and was beyond doubt.
Sunday , 21 February 2016
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