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Putin to Visit Japan
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- Aug. 25 2000 00:00
President Vladimir Putin will visit Japan on Sept. 3 to 5 before heading for a United Nations summit in New York, said Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov on Wednesday.
Putin has sought to improve ties with Tokyo since his election in March. Moscow and Tokyo have not signed a peace treaty formally ending World War II because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands, which the Soviet Union seized from Japan in the waning days of the war and remain in Russian hands.
Putin is also expected to address the UN Millennium Summit in New York, Ivanov told reporters.
Putin has sought to improve ties with Tokyo since his election in March. Moscow and Tokyo have not signed a peace treaty formally ending World War II because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands, which the Soviet Union seized from Japan in the waning days of the war and remain in Russian hands.
Putin is also expected to address the UN Millennium Summit in New York, Ivanov told reporters.
