DefenceTalkPresident Vladimir Putin said Russia would strive to reach an elusive deal on a territorial dispute and normalise relations with Japan ahead of his visit to the country later this week. Putin will arrive in Japan on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the hope of breaking the ice on an agreement […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-calls-for-peace-treaty-with-japan-ahead-of-visit-68674/

DefenceTalkUS Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Russia next week to discuss the Syria crisis, Washington said, after Moscow began withdrawing most of its forces from the country. Kerry said on Tuesday he would hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “try to take advantage of this moment,” which he described as the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kerry-to-visit-moscow-as-russian-pullout-boosts-syria-peace-hopes-67058/

DefenceTalkJordan warned Wednesday that it might review a 1994 peace treaty with Israel after Israeli MPs began a debate on allowing Jewish prayers at Jerusalem’s sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound. “If Israel wants to violate the peace treaty in this issue, the entire treaty, its articles, details and wording will be put on the table,” Prime […]https://www.defencetalk.com/jordan-warns-of-review-of-peace-deal-with-israel-58897/

DefenceTalkPakistan will not allow the death of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike to derail proposed peace talks, the information minister said Saturday. Pervez Rasheed told reporters the government wanted to press ahead with its plan to negotiate with Mehsud’s Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). “We can say that this time drone struck the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-will-not-let-death-of-ttp-leader-derail-talks-minister-49546/

DefenceTalkA US envoy said Monday that Washington still hoped to talk directly with the Taliban to support an Afghan peace deal but that the militants seemed unwilling to do so. The Taliban opened an office in the Qatari capital Doha in June aimed at talking to the United States ahead of next year’s withdrawal of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-still-hopes-for-taliban-talks-envoy-49069/