MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Solution of the territorial issue between Russia and Japan will require more than one round of talks, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media.
Peskov recalled that in an interview to Japanese media ahead of his visit to that country Putin voiced the readiness to discuss this topic.
"There are many rounds of painstaking and complex talks ahead to be conducted for the sake of coming closer to a solution," Peskov said.
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