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Japan, Russia to Propose Antiterrorism Pacts

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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Russian President Vladimir Putin will urge the international community to seek to create two multilateral treaties to counter terrorism, Kyodo News reported Wednesday.

Koizumi and Putin will propose the conclusion of a comprehensive antiterrorism treaty and a pact to deal with terrorist attacks using nuclear weapons when they meet in Moscow on Jan. 10.

The two leaders will also confirm that the two nations will keep working on efforts to resolve their long dispute over islands off northeastern Hokkaido so they can conclude a peace treaty, Kyodo said.

Japan and Russia will aim to resolve the matter based on three diplomatic documents deemed by Japan as the basis for resolving the row over the islands and concluding a peace treaty -- the 1956Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration, the 1993 Tokyo Declaration and the2001 Irkutsk joint statement, Kyodo added.

According to Kyodo, Koizumi and Putin will also propose that the authority and functions of the UN Security Council be reinforced, with Russia backing Japan's efforts to become a permanent council member.

Japan, in turn, will cooperate with Russia when it hosts annual meetings of the Group of Eight major powers in 2006, the news agency said.

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