Kommersant: Tokyo plans to build dialogue with Moscow despite Western pressure
Japan plans to resume work on reaching a peace treaty with Russia and discussing joint projects after a pause caused by the pandemic and the change in government last fall, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Northern Territories Day on February 7. Their statements indicated Tokyo’s determination to activate cooperation with Moscow after the resignation of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kommersant reports. Japan is distancing itself from the policy of sanctions led by the West, which provides an opportunity for activating dialogue and finding mutually acceptable solutions.
