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Abe and Putin to meet in Moscow on Jan. 21

Foreign ministers to discuss peace treaty and territory ahead of the summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting Dec. 1 at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina, named their foreign ministers as top negotiators toward reaching a peace treaty.   © Reuters
TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer | Japan

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to meet on Jan. 21 in Moscow in hopes of advancing peace treaty talks over a 1956 pact promising the return of two disputed islands to Japan. 

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