The Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Sigida Suga avoided a direct answer to the question of how the government will respond to fresh sanctions against Russia, introduced in the US and the EU, mentioning just " appropriate measures ".
" Our fundamental position is to coordinate within the Group of seven, taking into account the steps of the United States and the EU, " He said, transfers ITAR-TASS.- in the process, we will take adequate measures ". In the group, which includes Britain, Italy, Canada, USA, France, Germany and Japan, Tokyo is the most cautious stance on the issue on sanctions in connection with the situation around Ukraine. Thus on April 29, the Japanese government announced a temporary halt issuing entry visas 23 representatives of official structures of the Russian Federation and others. March 18, Japan introduced the 1st package of sanctions concerning Russia. Recall, on Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury said on introduction of new sanctions against a number of Russian companies and credit organisations and private persons, for example, will be denied access to the US financial markets, and us companies and private persons are prohibited to grant companies loans for the period more than 90 days. The United States also have the opportunity to put pressure on any foreign organizations conducting business in the USA with the requirement to refuse the business included in the sanctions list of the Russian companies. Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov, explaining the introduction of a new package of sanctions, said that US policy regarding capital of Russia arrogant and cynical. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin, for his part, said that " it quietly and without fuss show, it's for punishment." He noticed that the sentences have a boomerang effect and driving Russian-American relations into a dead end.
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