Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has received Akie Abe, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the Kremlin, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, killed in an assassination attempt, Akie Abe, who is currently in Moscow,” Peskov said.
At the meeting with Akie Abe, Putin said that Shinzo Abe had done a lot to develop relations between Russia and Japan.
“Your husband has done a lot to develop Russian-Japanese relations. And I developed very good personal relations with him,” the Russian president said on Thursday.
Shinzo Abe sincerely sought to conclude a peace treaty between Russia and Japan, and at that time the countries made serious progress along this path, but today the situation is different, Putin also said.
He said the former Japanese prime minister had also sincerely sought to fully restore Russian-Japanese cooperation and had done a lot to achieve this.
On July 8, 2022, Abe was fatally shot while speaking during his campaign speech in Nara Prefecture.
