Tokyo earlier stated that Moscow’s choice to finish memorandums on the operations of the amenities was “unacceptable”
Moscow’s withdrawal from bilateral memorandums with Tokyo on the operations of Japan Center workplaces in Russia doesn’t imply that these amenities will probably be shut down, consultants have informed RIA Novosti.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the order to cease the execution of the memorandums final week. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi claimed on Monday that the transfer by Moscow was “unacceptable,” including that Tokyo will “respond appropriately.”
Media reviews that Russia is closing the Japan Center workplaces in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, and Sakhalin are incorrect, RIA Novosti stated in an article on Monday. The amenities are used to carry lectures and to assist set up internships in Japan for Russian staff.
“It is not about ending the activities of the Japan Center offices, which are Russian legal entities, but are financed by the Japanese government, but about ending the application of Russian-Japanese intergovernmental memorandums on the creation and operations… of the Japanese centers for technical assistance to reforms being carried out in Russia,” consultants informed the company.
The sanctions imposed by Tokyo on Moscow over the Ukraine battle and different “unfriendly measures” applied by Japan since February 2022 “go against the spirit and letter of the memorandums,” they stated, explaining the choice by Moscow.
According to the consultants, the memorandums on the operations of the facilities had been signed in 2000 and 2003 as a consequence of an understanding between Moscow and Tokyo that democratic reforms in Russia can be important for efficient cooperation between the 2 nations.
“In the context of Tokyo’s anti-Russian policy and the current situation as a whole, it is obvious that the goals and objectives of these documents have been exhausted and the memorandums have lost their relevance,” they harassed.
Moscow responded to “unfriendly steps” by Tokyo by refusing to barter a Second World War peace treaty with Japan, stopping visa-free journey for Japanese residents to the southern Kuril Islands, and halting discussions on joint financial exercise on the islands.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier laid the blame on Japan for the tensions in bilateral relations, however harassed that Moscow stays able to resume cooperation with Tokyo if it modifications its strategy.