Work From Home: Russian PM inflames island dispute

By the CNN Cord Staff

July 4, 2012 -- Up to date 0047 GMT (0847 HKT)

Russian Top Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right here Tuesday on Sakhalin, provoked an offended response from Tokyo.

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NEW: Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov denies the consult with is price a comment
Russian Top Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Kunashir Island, close to Japan's island of Hokkaido
Japan calls the talk over with "wrong"
The islands was a supply of dispute among the 2 international locations seeing that International Struggle II

Moscow (CNN) -- Russian High Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited islands claimed by each Russia and Japan on Tuesday, frightening an offended response from Tokyo.

He held a gathering with the governor of Sakhalin and visited Kunashir Island, that's close to Japan's massive northern island of Hokkaido.

Kunashir is without doubt one of the Kuril Islands, which Russia considers a part of its Sakhalin region.

But Japan claims one of the vital islands as its territory.

Japanese Leader Cupboard Secretary Osamu Fujimura mentioned Tuesday that Russia was taking the incorrect" place" with the visit.

Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned there has been not anything to touch upon whilst he was requested concerning the visit.

"The Russian top minister was on a scheduled excursion of his country," he mentioned.

Lavrov said he was hoping to fulfill his Jap counterpart "very quickly" to speak about cooperation among the nations "substantively and constructively."

Medvedev held talks with Sakhalin's governor on making improvements to air transportation among islands, in step with the Russian Federation's executive website.

When he was president, Medvedev changed into the primary Russian chief to go to the islands whilst he went there in November 2010.

The Kurils stretch among Russia within the north and Japan within the south. Following Japan's defeat in International Battle II in 1945, the Soviet Union annexed the 4 southernmost islands, which prior to now belonged to Japan.

Ever since, the islands -- referred to as the South Kurils by Russia and the Northern Territories by Japan -- has been the topic of dispute. That dispute has averted the 2 nations from signing a proper peace treaty following Global Struggle II.

CNN's Ben Brumfield and Alla Eshchenko contributed to this report.

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