Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in MoscowMOSCOW, Mar 22 Russia’s decision to refuse dialogue with Tokyo on a peace treaty due to sanctions. On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow, as a response to Tokyo’s unfriendly steps, refuses to negotiate a peace treaty with Japan, stops visa-free travel of the Japanese to the southern Kuril Islands, withdraws from the dialogue on establishing joint economic activities in the southern Kuriles.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the responsibility for the damage to relations lies with Tokyo. The publication provoked an active response from readers in the comments. accusations and actions against Russia,” user hol said. “After the war, Japan had problems with Russia, but ties in the field of culture, education, science and trade developed well. We have maintained a stable relationship of trust in many areas. Now, if the Japanese government break these relations, it will be bad both for Ukraine and for the entire world community. This will be a great loss for Japan,» mor warned. «In the current situation, this was to be expected. Although Japan is not a NATO member, it relentlessly follows the West and the United States in its policy,” pfu pointed out. “It is a pity that the negotiations on the Japanese-Russian peace treaty are suspended. worsen relations with Russia. We should be careful. Russia has sent us signals more than once,” hio noted. “I think Japan should not irritate Russia once again. After all, we may well become another Russian target. And we will have nothing to fight back,» di3 worried. «I think that the situation is getting more and more tense. We need to stop,” gra expressed his opinion. After the start of the Russian special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, many Western countries announced large-scale economic restrictions against Russia, primarily against the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products. Many brands also announced the termination of work in the country. Japan has also imposed several packages of sanctions on dozens of officials and companies, as well as on the export of hundreds of different goods, and on March 16, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that Russia would be excluded from most-favoured-nation trade.Read the full article on the InoSMI website >>
Kishida commented on Russia's refusal to dialogue with Tokyo on a peace treaty
