(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)
Amman, Nov. 16 (Petra)-- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, eager to resolve a row that has haunted ties with Moscow since the second world war, has told Russian President Vladimir Putin the United States would not put troops on disputed islands if they are handed over to Japan, a newspaper reported on Friday.
Seeking to cement his diplomatic legacy and improve ties with Russia to counter a rising China, Abe has pledged to settle the dispute over four isles in the Western Pacific that were occupied by Soviet troops toward the end of the war.
They are known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kuriles in Russia.
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