Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)–Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to one of four Russian-held western Pacific islands that Japan calls its Northern Territories on Thursday, according to reports from Russia’s state-run Tass news agency and other media. Putin toured a fish processing plant on Etorofu with Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko, who effectively oversees the islands, the reports said. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
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