MOSCOW, May 25 Russia dismissed the «protest» as groundless and ridiculous in its form and content Japan» due to a joint overflight of Russian aircraft with China, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Earlier, military aircraft of Russia and China made a joint overflight over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, in connection with which Japan raised fighter jets and sent protests to both countries through diplomatic channels.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/40ec55fb5bcbae97fa2edb2170c880ee.jpg" />Representatives of Russia will not be invited to the memorial ceremony in Hiroshima «As for the aforementioned so-called protest, it was rejected by our diplomats as groundless and ridiculous in its form and content. At the same time, regarding the absurd linking of this demarche with a special military operation in Ukraine, Tokyo was counter resolute protest,» the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. As the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled, cooperation between the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the People's Liberation Army of China is an important part of the Russian-Chinese comprehensive strategic partnership. «Regular joint patrols by the long-range aviation forces of the Aerospace Forces of Russia and the PLA Air Force testify to the high level of trust and interaction between the armed forces of the two countries,» the Foreign Ministry explained, adding that they are carried out in strict accordance with international law and fully meet the tasks of strengthening peace, stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region and in the world as a whole. «Unfortunately, this is not the first time we see how official Tokyo literally «clings» to these already traditional training events of the armed forces of the two countries, perverts their goals and content, and even links them to Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine,” the agency concluded. measures to strengthen the defense capability of our country,» adding It is noted that Japan, in line with the course of the Fumio Kishida administration towards an accelerated build-up of military-political cooperation with the United States and non-regional «outsiders» from NATO, is conducting joint military exercises of unprecedented scale near the Russian borders, openly declaring their orientation against the imaginary «Russian threat» «The Russian Foreign Ministry added that the Japanese leadership directly declares its desire to connect to the Anglo-Saxon military-technological bloc AUKUS, is studying the prospects for deploying American medium-range and shorter-range missiles on the territory of its country, and is taking other provocative actions that pose a serious challenge and potential threat to security Russian Federation in the Far East. «At the same time, in the Japanese political establishment, which apparently has forgotten about the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a discussion is unfolding about the advisability of Tokyo's participation in joint nuclear missions with Washington,» the ministry added. .jpg» />Japan protested North Korea over missile launches
