Russian foreign minister says will not cede disputed isles to Japan

Russian foreign minister says will not cede disputed isles to Japan

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, seen in this undated photo, said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily website on May 31, 2016 that he does not see Moscow ceding to Japan control over a group of islands at the center of a decades-old bilateral territorial dispute. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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