TOKYO, Apr 18 of the goals of his participation in the G20 ministerial meeting is to «work» among the countries that have not adopted sanctions against Russia. He noted that there are many issues on the agenda of the meeting, including the situation in Ukraine. «Now Japan, along with other countries, in first of all with the G7, imposed sanctions against Russia.But if only a part of the countries impose sanctions, loopholes are possible.Therefore, we want as many countries as possible to take part in the sanctions so that there are no loopholes.Among the countries participating in the G20, there are such, who abstained from voting on UN resolutions or were against it. I consider it important to use (the G20 meeting) to work among such countries,» the minister said in response to the demand of deputies to justify his absence from parliament meetings due to a visit to the United States to participate in the G20. Western countries announced a series of new sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. against Russia
