Russia halts Japan peace treaty talks over sanctions: foreign ministry


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An aerial view shows Kunashiri, one of the Russian-control islands known as the Northern Territories in Japan. © Kyodo March 22, 2022 00:47 JST | Japan Copy Copied (Reuters) -- Russia has decided to withdraw from peace treaty talks with Japan following sanctions imposed by Tokyo over Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. Russia and Japan have still not formally ended their World War Two hostilities because of the standoff which has held back economic ties between the two near-neighbors. Russia also said that Russia had withdrawn from talks with Japan about joint business projects on...