Moscow: Russian Prime Minister on Monday visited the Pacific Islands claimed by Japan and said the government was considering establishing a special economic zone there.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin is the far East Russian tour and Siberia this week, and the Kuril Islands is his first stop on Monday.
Mishustin visited hospitals and fish plants in Ustru, one of the four southern Kuril Islands, and told factory workers that the government was considering creating a special economic zone on the islands, where businesses and investors would be free of most taxes and job habits.
The steps of Russian officials are currently pondering “can be a good solution for investors, including those in the West, for Japan too, which, if interested, can make work here,” said Mishustin, adding that “this special regime will allow Intensification of economic activities “on the islands.
He said he would discuss steps with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Friday, Putin asked Mishustin to “pay special attention” to the Kuril Islands during his trip to the far east, noting that Moscow had worked with “Japanese partners …
to create the conditions needed for those involved in economic activities.” Japan confirms the rights of territorials to the islands calling the northern region.
The Soviet Union took them on the last days of World War II, and the dispute has maintained the countries to sign a peace agreement officially ending their hostility.
Some decades of diplomatic efforts to negotiate.
A settlement has not produced visible results.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spent a lot of time and effort in the hope of negotiating solutions for almost eight years in the office but scored a little progress.
Shortly after taking office last September, just the elected Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga discussed a territorial dispute in a call with Putin and said he hoped to find a settlement and sign a peace agreement.
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