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Ao vivo Clique aqui para pesquisarInscreva-seNotícias|Vladimir PutinJapão protesta enquanto Putin da Rússia visita as disputadas Ilhas CurilasPrimeiro-Ministro japonês diz que a visita de Putin à cadeia de ilhas do Pacífico, apreendida pela União Soviética em 1945, é "inaceitável.
Putin visited the Kuril Islands on Thursday, meeting with the regional governor and visiting a fish-processing plant, a hospital and a school on the southernmost isle of Iturup, according to Russian state media.
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Japan asserts territorial rights to the four southernmost islands of the chain, which it calls the Northern Territories. The isles were seized by the Soviet Union during the second world war and have remained a source of friction between Moscow and Tokyo.
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called Putin’s visit to the territory “absolutely unacceptable”, saying it “offends the sentiments of the Japanese people”.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi also criticised Putin’s visit, saying the disputed islands “are an inherent part of Japan’s territory both historically and under international law”.
Putin says Russia ‘not threatening Japan’.
As relações entre Tóquio e Moscou se deterioraram desde que o conflito em grande escala na Ucrânia começou em 2022, com o Japão se juntando a outros países do G7 para impor sanções à Rússia e fornecer dinheiro e ajuda de defesa não letal a Kyiv.
Putin on Wednesday called Japan’s sanctions “unprovoked”.
The four disputed Kuril isles are part of the volcanic Kuril archipelago, running in a broad arc from Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula down to Japan’s main northern island, Hokkaido.
The islands’ names are similar in both countries – Kunashir, Habomai, Shikotan and Iturup in Russian, while in Japanese they are known as Kunashiri, Habomai, Shikotan and Etorofu.
Their population of about 20,000 Russian citizens lives in a harsh climate, but the islands have mineral deposits including gold and silver, and rich fishing grounds.
Após as ilhas serem ocupadas em 1945, Moscou deportou sua população japonesa de cerca de 17. 000 pessoas.
Thereafter, the islands acquired strategic importance, providing air and sea bases during the Cold War as the Soviet Union confronted the United States and its closest ally in the Pacific, Japan.
Moscow over the years has beefed up its military presence on the islands.
Putin travelled to the Kurils after visiting the nearby Russian island of Sakhalin on Wednesday, where Russia’s navy was conducting drills.
In Sakhalin, Putin, held a meeting “on ensuring the security of Russia’s eastern borders,” according to Russian media.
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Informação baseada em material público de Al Jazeera, reescrito pela redação ULTRA NOTÍCIAS.
