JAKARTA - Moscow is ending peace treaty talks with Tokyo, in light of Japan's newly introduced unilateral restrictions on Russia over the situation in Ukraine, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Russia and Japan are known to have experienced disputes regarding the Kuril Islands which were taken by the Soviet Union after the end of the Second World War, during the invasions on August 18 and September 3, 1945. The problems of the two countries regarding the islands and the Sakhalin Islands, began to be discussed, although not directly since the Shimoda Treaty of 1855.
"Given the unfriendly nature of Japan's unilateral restrictions on Russia on the situation in Ukraine, the following steps should be taken. In the current situation the Russian side has no intention of continuing peace treaty talks with Japan", the Russian Foreign Ministry said, quoted from TASS March 22.
"Because it is impossible to discuss signing a fundamental agreement in bilateral relations, with a country that blatantly takes a hostile attitude and tries to harm the interests of our country", the Russian Foreign Ministry continued.
It said the decision had been made to stop visa-free travel by Japanese nationals, based on the 1991 visa-free exchange agreement between Russia's Southern Kuril Islands and Japan. As well as the 1999 agreement on simple travel rules for Japanese people wishing to visit their former residences in Japan. islands.
Russia suspended dialogue with Japan on joint economic activities in the South Kuril Islands, blocking the extension of Japan's status as a sectoral dialogue partner of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
"All responsibility for the damage to bilateral relations and Japan's own interests rests with Tokyo, which consciously chooses anti-Russian policies, rather than developing mutually beneficial cooperation and neighborly relations", the foreign ministry said.
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Japan previously introduced several packages of sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine. As many as 300 products have been banned from being exported to Russia, including semiconductors, equipment for shipping and aviation safety, communications equipment, military products, including weapons, software, and oil refining equipment.
The restrictions apply to 49 companies and organizations in Russia, including Rosoboronexport, Rostech, the FSB's federal security service, and the SVR foreign intelligence service.
Not only that, Japan has frozen the assets of several banks, such as Otkrytie, Novikombank, Sovcombank, VTB, Rossiya Bank, Promsvyazbank, and VEB.RF. Also, personal restrictions were imposed on Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin and several Russian businessmen.
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