VLADIVOSTOK. Sept 17 (Interfax) - Russia and Japan will continue bilateral talks on the problem of signing a peace treaty; both sides have constraints of their own, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
When talking to reporters after the Eastern Economic Forum's closing in Russia's Vladivostok, Peskov was asked what Russia's expectations are after Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Japan signing a peace treaty without preconditions before the end of this year.
"The idea was actually articulated by Putin in the course of discussions in the context of what [the Japanese Prime Minister], Mr. Abe, said during a plenary session. The talks will continue. It is clear that both sides, based on their own considerations or for some other reasons, have their own constraints, their own nuances in approaches [to the peace treaty problem]," Peskov said.
But strategically, Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin confirmed their plans to work for a peace treaty to be concluded, he went on.
"Let us be based on the notion that the Japanese side has confirmed its ambition to move towards the peace treaty. For each side, this matter is quite important. It is probably significant that both sides recognize the absence of a peace treaty as a big problem. Nobody is giving up on the ambition to proceed with the talks so as to finally reach consensus," Peskov said.