KaJapan Ministry of Foreign Affairs umemezele namuhla ukuthi uhambo lokuqala lwaseSouthern Kuril Islands lweqembu labavakashi baseJapan luhlehliswe unomphela.
Lolu hambo, obeluhlelelwe u-Okthoba 11-16, lumisiwe ngenxa 'Russia'isidingo sokuhlehlisa uhambo,' ngokusho koNgqongqoshe.
"Esikhathini esizayo, ithuba lokuhlela lolu hambo kuzoxoxwa ngalo nezinhlaka ezihlobene nalo," kusho umnyango.
Ngokohlelo olwamenyezelwe ngaphambili, iqembu labantu abangu-50, okuhlanganisa izivakashi, osopolitiki, abamele inhlangano yezokuvakasha yaseJapane kanye nodokotela nabahumushi, bekufanele lisuke echwebeni laseNemuro eHokkaido ngo-Okthoba 11 futhi lifike eKunashir ngosuku olufanayo. Uhlelo lokuvakasha lwaluhlanganisa ukuvakashela amasonto namamnyuziyamu e-Orthodox eKunashir nokuvakashela iziphethu ezishisayo namawa amhlophe e-Iturup ngo-Okthoba 14.
I-Federal Agency for Tourism yaseRussia yathi ngo-Agasti 15 ngemva kohambo lokuqala, uhambo olujwayelekile lwezivakashi oluya eSouthern Kuril Islands luzokwethulwa kubantu baseJapan ngo-2020. ukugeleza kwezivakashi phakathi kweJapan neRussia kuya ku-400,000 ngo-2023.
I-Moscow ne-Tokyo bayaqhubeka nokubonisana ngemisebenzi yezomnotho ehlanganyelwe eziqhingini zaseKuril eziseNingizimu. I-Russia ne-Japan ibheka imisebenzi yezomnotho ehlanganyelwe eziqhingini njengesinyathelo esibalulekile sokusayina isivumelwano sokuthula.