Published on: 2026-05-05
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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Moscow, May 5 /Xinhua/ — The sanctions introduced by the government of former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida against Russia have become a “negative legacy” and have harmed Japan’s national interests. This was stated on Tuesday, as reported by RIA Novosti, by the head of the Committee of the House of Councillors /the upper house of parliament/ of Japan for the study of international problems, Muneo Suzuki, who is currently in Russia on a two-day visit.
“Prime Minister Kishida fully followed /then U.S. President Joseph/ Biden, and this remained a negative legacy. I believe that this was bad and damaged national interests,” noted the Japanese politician.
He emphasized that the economic sanctions against Russia, which Tokyo imposed unilaterally, led to the Japan-Russia relations now being in the worst state in the entire post-war period. “The Japanese side inevitably needs to rethink this,” Muneyo Sudzuki pointed out.
A Japanese parliamentarian considers it indispensable to hold a telephone conversation between the heads of the Foreign Ministries of Japan and the Russian Federation as soon as possible. “I consider it indispensable to establish a telephone link as soon as possible between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan [Toshimitsu] Motegi and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, since a telephone conversation precedes a personal meeting of the foreign ministers,” he noted.
Muneo Suzuki also intends to inform the head of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the idea of holding a possible meeting of the foreign ministers of the two countries in Manila. According to him, this meeting will be “a significant step on the path to improving Japanese-Russian relations.” –0–
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