Treaty of Portsmouth Treaty of Portsmouth The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904–05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905 after negotiations lasting from August 6 to August 30, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was instrumental in the negotiations and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. The war of 1904–05 was fought between the Empire of Russia, an international power with one of the largest armies in the world, and the Empire of Japan, a nation which had only recently industrialized after two-and-a-half centuries of isolation. A series of
Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula critical accomplishment before the U.S.midterm elections on 6 November 2018. Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula The Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula is a proposed settlement to end all military hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and a follow-up to the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement, which was implemented by the United Nations after the Korean War 1950–53. Before the Trump–Kim summit, US president Donald Trump announced that he would finally end the Korean War and establish a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un also signed the during Trump–Kim summit which reaffirmed the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration.