TokyoTOKYO, Jan 25Members of the foreign policy commissions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, during a joint meeting on Tuesday, advocated the imposition of economic sanctions against Russia in the event of an escalation in Ukraine, the Kyodo news agency reported. be imposed economic sanctions. As a specific sanction, those present proposed to impose a ban on the import of natural gas from Russia. In addition, opinions were expressed that it was necessary to start working on this issue with representatives of business circles,» the agency said. emphasizes that the representatives of the Japanese Foreign Ministry who were present at the meeting limited themselves to a comment about «the intention to closely cooperate with the United States» on this issue. Russia has repeatedly rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone , and statements about the «aggression of the Russian Federation» are used are being used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» sides of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering up Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. fake.
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