Suga, Putin agree to promote territorial talks based on 1956 accord

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday that the two countries will aim to promote territorial negotiations based on a 1956 joint declaration, according to a Japanese government official.In their first phone talks since Suga took office earlier this month, the two leaders underscored an accord Suga's predecessor, Shinzo Abe, and Putin struck in 2018 to advance negotiations based on the declaration stipulating that Moscow will hand over two of four disputed islands off Hokkaido to Tokyo after a peace treaty is concluded.Speaking to reporters after th…READ FULL ARTICLE