PRC - People's Daily, the Japanese Foreign Ministry announced on the 28th, decided to suspend the 2008 fiscal year, the four northern islands of humanitarian assistance.The reason is that Japanese officials plan to go to the four northern islands in the country by boat after the island, to the local residents in the provision of medical material assistance to Russia, Russia urged the Japanese immigration officials to submit a registration card, the two sides negotiated the negotiations fail, eventually the Japanese sideOfficials refused to submit the registration card, decided to return to Nemuro port in Hokkaido.Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura said at a press conference on the 28th, has protested to Russia on this issue.
Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo 28 children Jade Meet the Press, said that if the author registration card, is a recognition that the country after the islands are Russian territory, for criticizing Russia's attitude" to makewere difficult to understand." According to another report, the Russian explained that it had revised its 2006 law requiring immigrants to submit registration cards, and has notified Japan January 23.

from 2003 onwards, the Japanese each year to the Russian residents of the four northern islands provide a humanitarian assistance.The four northern islands on the construction of facilities such as international organizations" support committee" has been abolished, the former Islander groups" Kuril Islands Habomai occupants Union" from the year 2003 began to provide free medical supplies.According to the Japanese side said that in 2006, 2007, to provide assistance, the Russian did not require the Japanese side to submit registration cards.

content of this assistance, including pharmaceuticals, including the value of ¥ 12,800,000 (about 980 thousand yuan) of materials.On the direction of December last year, Russia submitted relevant materials.The Japanese side that Russia is likely to withdraw the request to submit registration cards, so the movement of goods shipped on the 27th left Nemuro port in Hokkaido.After the ship arrived in the country the waters near the island, the Japanese side through diplomatic channels of the representations, but ultimately did not reach an agreement.

according to the 1991 consensus reached between Japan and the Soviet Union, Japan, the Russian nationals and residents of the four northern islands do not need passports and visas can be inter -visits had not occurred previously presented examples of entry-exit registration card.The Japanese side believes that if Russia insisted on submission of entry-exit registration card, the matter will be developed as a diplomatic issue between Japan and the Russian residents of the four islands the" visa-free exchange" activities may be forced to stop.

because of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has suggested to Prime Minister Taro Aso at the Sakhalin Island in February to hold talks, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin'sAmong the schedule being adjusted to visit Japan, so the two sides do not want to make trouble in front of the Russo-Japanese relations are deadlocked.Japanese officials on the 28th made it clear that:" we can not include the right to resolve the territorial issue, and the signing of the peace treaty negotiations between the two countries have an impact." 28, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement:" attempts to politicize the issue does not help." 2The Government has decided to begin consultations to resolve this problem, the two sides can at the summit to reach a compromise before the present trouble is still difficult to predict.(PD resident reporter in Japan in the Qing)

(People's Daily)


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