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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow hopes to receive an explanation from Japan about the military alliance between Tokyo and Washington, as well as security in the region.
According to Lavrov, Japan has previously assured Russia that it will never allow the deployment of weapons posing a threat to Russia on its territory, but at the moment it is doing so by declaring its alliance with America.
“I believe that our questions about the security threats posed by the military alliance with America will be seriously considered by the Japanese authorities during the dialogue, we will receive an explanation and we will be ready to discuss them,” added the Russian Foreign Minister.
Among other things, he noted that there are now many communication channels between Russia and Japan has been interrupted, dialogue between the countries must be resumed.