Russian foreign minister visits disputed island of Kunashiri

Russian foreign minister visits disputed island of Kunashiri

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) arrives in Kunashiri Island, one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, on June 3. He is the first Russian foreign minister to visit one of the islands known in Japan as the Northern Territories and in Russia as the Southern Kurils since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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