Japan, Russia to boost efforts to resolve territorial dispute![]() April 29, 2013 - 19:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The leaders of Russia and Japan agreed on Monday, April 29 to increase efforts to resolve a territorial dispute that has prevented the nations signing a peace treaty to end World War Two, Reuters reported. "We have instructed our Foreign Ministries to step up contacts on working out mutually acceptable options" for an end to the dispute, President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They gave no indication that the meeting had produced any further progress towards a resolution of the dispute over four Pacific islands which Russia calls the Southern Kuriles and Japan calls the Northern Territories. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |