MOSCOW, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Russia at present sees no alternative of resuming peace treaty negotiations with Japan on account of Tokyo’s confrontational stance, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko was quoted as saying by TASS news company on Friday.
“Joint provocative military activity with the United States and other NATO member states is demonstratively increasing off our Far Eastern shores. At the same time, Japan is providing direct material and technical assistance to the Kiev regime,” Rudenko mentioned in an interview with Russian every day Izvestia. “In such conditions, we do not see an opportunity to resume talks with Tokyo on concluding a fundamental document that was intended to become the basis for long-term good-neighborly relations.”
Rudenko mentioned that for the reason that begin of Russia’s particular navy operation in February 2022, the Japanese authorities has pursued a coverage of dismantling bilateral relations, which had been constructed by mutual efforts over a long time.
“The normalization of intergovernmental dialogue is impossible without concrete practical steps from Tokyo to abandon its hostile anti-Russian policies, which are leading to the final destruction of our ties and an overall escalation of tensions in the Asia-Pacific region,” Rudenko added.