THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
official site
PRESS RELEASE
On the issue of Southern Kuril Islands
http://www.mid.ru/bdomp/brp_4.nsf/e78a48070f128a7b43256999005bcbb3/fa02740cacc38b0244257a2a0045b5c6!OpenDocument

1250-25-06-2012

Due to the statements of Japanese officials published by mass media that
possible visits of representatives of Russian government to the Southern
Kuril Islands would contradict to the position of Tokyo in the so-called
“territorial issue,” the following should be mentioned.

The Southern Kuril Islands are an integral part of the Russian Federation.
The comments from abroad regarding the transportation of the Russian
government in the territory of their own country are at least inappropriate.

25 June 2012