"The consultations have been postponed, and we have already informed the Japanese side of this decision," said Maria Zakharova, deputy director of the ministry's information and press department.
Consultations between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and his Japanese counterpart, Shinsuke Sugiyama, were supposed to be held in Moscow in August.
However, "in light of the introduction of new anti-Russian sanctions by Tokyo, we believe that holding such a meeting would be inappropriate," the Interfax news agency quoted Zakharova as saying.
In January, the two deputy ministers met in Tokyo over territorial issues and bilateral economic cooperation.
Following the European Union (EU) and the United States, Japan said last Monday it will also impose additional sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
Russia criticized the additional sanctions and warned that the move could adversely affect relations between the two countries.
Sources: Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
5/8/14
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Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets the decision of its Russian counterpart to postpone the meeting of Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs Igor Morgulov and Shinsuke Sugiyama which was previously scheduled for August, a high-ranking Japanese official told RIA Novosti Tuesday....
ReplyDelete“The meeting between the Japanese and Russian deputy ministers of foreign affairs was scheduled for August. But after July 28, when Japan has announced its sanctions, Russia has made a decision to postpone the meeting. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets that Russia has unilaterally withdrawn from dialogue,” Tsuyoshi Kitagawa of the Japan Foreign Ministry’s Russian Division told RIA Novosti.
Earlier on Tuesday, the government of Japan has formally approved the new set of economic sanctions against Russia. The sanctions listed target the Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovich along with other 39 high-profile Crimean officials, as well as Chernomorneftegaz and Feodosia Enterprise – the Crimean-based oil and gaz companies.
Shortly after the announcement, Russia's Foreign Ministry replied that the meeting between Russian and Japanese deputy foreign ministers would be "inappropriate" given the sanctions.
http://en.ria.ru/politics/20140805/191751724/Tokyo-Regrets-Russias-Decision-to-Postpone-Deputy-Ministers.html