The State Duma appreciated Japan's desire to conclude a peace treaty

The signing of a peace treaty with Japan is necessary from a historical perspective. This was stated by State Duma deputy Alexei Chepa on Friday, October 24. He expressed the hope that this would happen under the new Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi.

"The agreement has not been signed for decades, although there has been a lot of talk about it. The contract must be signed, historically it must be signed. We have heard from many Japanese prime ministers that they are going to do this. But each time, for some reason, the signing was postponed," Chepa recalled in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

The parliamentarian noted that currently Russia and Japan do not have the easiest relations, but despite this, the country continues to declare its interests in the supply of energy resources, as well as other options for cooperation with Moscow.

"I would like to build relations with our neighboring country. This would be important for our Far Eastern region and for the country as a whole," he concluded.

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Earlier, Takaichi said that the Japanese government is determined to conclude a peace treaty with Russia, despite the difficult situation in bilateral relations, Moscow 24 writes.

On October 22, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the island state, Toshimitsu Motegi, announced that Japan still intends to sign a peace treaty with the Russian side after the territorial issue is resolved, according to the website. kp.ru . According to him, at the moment it is impossible to say anything on this issue, since the Japanese side supports Kiev.

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