Reuters: Russia's Putin tells Japan's Abe: 'Let's sign peace deal this year'
Russian President Vladimir Putin turned to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a conference stage on Wednesday and offered to sign a peace treaty by the end of this year to formally end World War Two hostilities between their countries.
But soon after Putin made the dramatic offer, a Japanese government spokesman in Tokyo said Japan wants the return of islands in the Pacific captured by Russian troops in the last days of the war before it signs a peace treaty.
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WNU Editor: Japan has rejected Russian President Putin's offer to sign a peace deal this year .... Japan Rejects Putin's Offer to Abe of Peace Treaty by Year-End (Bloomberg).
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