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MOSCOW, Oct. 18 -- JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbesaidTokyocouldnotsignapeacetreatywithRussiawithoutpreconditionsonterritorialissues, RussianPresidentVladimirPutinsaidThursdayintheRussiancityofSochi.
"PrimeMinisterAbe ... saidthatthisapproachisunacceptableforJapantodayandthatwemustfirstreachaprincipleddecisiononterritorialissuesandthentalkaboutapeacetreaty," hesaidduringaQ&AsessionatameetingoftheInternationalValdaiDiscussionClub.
Lastmonth, PutinproposedAbesignthetreatyandresolvetheterritorialspatlater.
"Thisdoesnotmeanthatwewillstopresolvingitorwewillthrowitintoascrapyardofhistoryasifnothinghadhappened," Putinsaid.
RussiaandJapanhavenotsignedapost-WorldWarIIpeacetreatyduetotheirrivalclaimstofourPacificislands, calledtheSouthernKurilsinRussiaandtheNorthernTerritoriesinJapan.
ThepresidentsaidthatRussiaistryingtocreateconditionstobuildtrustinitsrelationswithJapaninordertosignthepeacetreaty.
"Wearereadytoproceedwithjointeconomicactivityontheseislands ... Itisbeingimplementedrathermodestly. Thatistheproblem. Butwearereadytoworkfurther," hesaid.
InSeptember 2017, PutinandAbeagreedtoconductjointeconomicactivitiesonthecontroversialislandsandprioritizedprojectsinaquaculture, electricity, greenhousefacilities, garbagedisposalandtourism.
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