Tokyo’s ?unfriendly stance? in direction of Moscow makes discussions not possible, Nikolay Nozdrev has stated
Moscow can’t have interaction in talks with Tokyo on a proper peace treaty so long as the Japanese authorities follows the West’s course geared toward hurting Russia’s safety and financial system, the nation’s ambassador to Japan, Nikolay Nozdrev, has stated.
The two nations failed to succeed in a remaining settlement following the tip of World War II and have made little progress during the last eight a long time. A serious stumbling block is Japan’s declare to 4 islands within the Kuril Archipelago, which the Soviet Union captured in the course of the warfare. In the San Francisco Treaty of 1951, Tokyo confirmed that it had no aspirations within the Kurils, however later said that the islands in query weren’t a part of the archipelago. Russia maintains that the 4 islands are an integral a part of its territory.
On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stated his authorities would “firmly maintain” the coverage of resolving the Kurils subject and “concluding a peace treaty” with Moscow. It is “regrettable” that the 2 sides haven’t been in a position to attain an settlement after so a few years, he stated. However, the PM acknowledged that there was at present “a difficult situation” in relations between Japan and Russia as a result of Ukraine battle.
When requested for remark by Izvestia later within the day, Nozdrev replied that Russia views “such statements from the prime minister and other politicians as unrealistic.”
“Back in March 2022, we officially announced that, given Tokyo’s unfriendly stance, we could not conduct the negotiations on the peace treaty,” he recalled.
Japan has absolutely backed the West’s sanctions coverage in direction of Russia, imposing 25 rounds of “illegal” restrictions on the nation because the escalation between Moscow and Kiev three years in the past, together with the newest bundle in mid-January, the ambassador defined.
Tokyo has additionally carried out “a Russophobic campaign” supported by the nation’s media, which is “tirelessly replicating stories packed with anti-Russian narratives,” he added.
Nozdrev accused the Japanese authorities of being inconsistent, saying that whereas “speaking about their desire to continue some kind of dialogue on the peace treaty… they, at the same time, are disseminating anti-Russian statements, threatening with sanctions.”
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“There is a dualism of approaches. It seems to me that no one in Japan itself clearly understands how those two things can coexist,” he pressured.
(RT.com)