Russia warns Japan about sending “Patriot” missiles to Ukraine

In an interview with Sputnik, “Sergey Zestaki”, head of the Third Asian Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced that Moscow has warned the Japanese authorities about the consequences of sending Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine through diplomatic channels. >

In late December 2023, the White House confirmed the decision of Japanese officials to transfer Patriot missiles to the United States, claiming that this would help “strengthen Japan’s security and peace in the Indo-Pacific region.”

However, the Japanese Embassy in Moscow announced that the Patriot missiles that were transferred from Japan to the United States will not be used in Ukraine after the meeting between Akira Moto, the Japanese Ambassador to Russia, and Andrey Rudenko, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. .

Sergei Zestaki also emphasized that Russia will not leave the recent sanctions of the Japanese government against Moscow unanswered and will soon give an appropriate response to these sanctions.

Japan has always supported Kiev since the beginning of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine and has imposed many sanctions against Moscow. Another issue of dispute between Moscow and Tokyo is the Kuril Islands, which both countries claim to be the owners of these islands.

At the beginning of February, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Russian National Security Council and the former president of the country, told the Japanese government that if they want to conclude a peace treaty with Russia to officially end the Second World War, they should give up their territorial claims (on a group of from the islands of the Pacific Ocean).

The deputy of the Russian Security Council wrote in his official account on X: Ahadi is not against the peace treaty with the understanding that the territorial issue is closed once and for all according to the Russian constitution. Japan should also accept that Russia develops the Kuril Islands and deploys new weapons there.

Medvedev added: We do not care about the feelings of the Japanese regarding the so-called “Northern lands”. These are not disputed territories, but Russia; And those samurai who feel particularly sad can end their lives in the traditional Japanese way by committing seppuku (ritual Japanese suicide by defecating), if they dare.

He further accused Japan of loving America; Despite the fact that the US military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Source: Mehr News Agency