Why not trust Abe’s promises for the Kuril Islands?

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Sometimes irresponsible statements by government officials have far-reaching consequences and cause others to puff on them.


Who knows, in whatever vein, negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could take place over the signing of a peace treaty and the fate of the islands of the Lesser Kuril Ridge, if not for the events of two years ago.



At the end of 2016, in one of his speeches, the Secretary General of the National Security Council of Japan, Sotaro Yati, did not rule out the possibility of deploying US military bases in the event of the transfer of Shikotan Island and a number of small islands of the Lesser Kuril Ridge to Japan.

And now, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to blush and prove to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Japan would not deploy US military bases on the islands of the Small Ridge if transferred to Japan.

In addition, Japanese media reported that the Japanese Foreign Ministry "will hold consultations on the issue from the US side to further resolve the territorial issue."

According to the editorial board, in such serious issues as security, you should not trust a country that is more than fully influenced by the United States.

Abe will leave sooner or later, and there is no guarantee that his followers will adhere to earlier agreements with Russia.
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  1. elenagromova
    elenagromova
    +2
    16 November 2018 13: 28
    There will be bases, they won’t ... Maybe we can also wish the Japanese zemstvo?
    1. bonifacius
      bonifacius
      +1
      17 November 2018 23: 31
      And who is stopping the Americans now from deploying their military facilities in the north of Hokkaido, directly in the Laperouse Strait, or in the same place, in the north of the island, at the southern tip of that very small Kuril ridge. Or in the same place, on the island of Rebun, which is much more dangerous for Russia than the islands of Hobomai or Shikotan.
      But squandering territories is also the last thing. And if you take the clause of the San Francisco Peace Treaty (which the USSR did not sign):

      c) Japan waives all rights, rights and claims to the Kuril Islands and to that part of Sakhalin Island and its adjacent islands, over which Japan acquired sovereignty under the Portsmouth Treaty of September 5 1905

      - it’s not entirely clear, the mention of the Portsmouth Treaty applies only to the southern part of Sakhalin or to the Kuril Islands as a whole.
  2. Boris Orlov
    Boris Orlov
    +2
    16 November 2018 13: 29
    as is known from centuries of folk wisdom, a wild predatory fur-bearing animal scribe sneaks up unnoticed
  3. Bulanov
    Bulanov
    +3
    16 November 2018 13: 38
    Because of these islands, the USSR helped the Americans defeat Japan, and now those Russian figures are drawing. You can’t believe striped!
    1. Pishenkov
      Pishenkov
      +3
      16 November 2018 15: 56
      Well, not because of the islands alone, of course ... but otherwise everything is correct. And you can never believe striped stars with stars, and this, with the "red morning sun", is also not worth it. There is an old maritime saying about the weather, which, in this case, also fits into politics: "The sun is red in the evening - the sailor has nothing to fear, the sun is red in the morning - the sailor is not to his liking."
      Japan is one of the oldest and worst enemies of Russia. You can’t trust the enemy, you can’t be friends with the enemy, you can only agree with the enemy on acceptable terms and only from a position of strength, and the Japanese have never understood otherwise and are unlikely ...