(Reuters) - Japan's
"militarisation" complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council and former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.
The dispute over the area, which the Soviet Union seized in the final days of World War Two, has prevented Tokyo and Moscow from reaching a peace treaty formally ending hostilities. "Troop exercises are taking place near the Kuril Islands, which seriously complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region."
Russia decided this year to declare Sept. 3 - the day after Japan's surrender in World War Two - a"Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan", spurring a protest from Tokyo.
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