The Governor of Tokyo has supported the strengthening of ties with Moscow

Power Tokyo will be working on the strengthening of friendly relations between Japan's capital and the capital of Russia, said the Tokyo Governor of EITI Masuzoe on his return from a five-day visit to the Russian Federation.
" We haven't held exchanges of visits of governors for 20 years, and for this reason it is very important that yesterday I got to meet the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. We agreed again to start regular visits to strengthen friendly relations between our two cities, " said Masuzoe, ITAR-TASS reported. During his visit to the Russian Federation, head of the Moscow prefectures of Japan took part in the summit of the largest Asian cities (Asian Network of Major Cities 21, ANMC21), which took place on 4 September in Tomsk. On Sunday, Masuzoe Also held in the capital of Russia conversations with the mayor of the capital of the Russian Federation Sergei Sobyanin, during which the parties, for example, agreed on the visit to Japan by the delegation of Russian businessmen in October of this year. Japan March 18, introduced the 1st batch of sentences about Russia, which was associated with the position of Russia in the Crimea. Later, at the end of July, Tokyo announced fresh sanctions against Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Also the Japanese foreign Ministry on August 5, announced the list of 40 persons and 2 organizations that are blessed by the government sanctions against Russia. Tokyo Governor EITI Masuzoe during a visit to the capital of Russia has recognized that the Japanese do not understand until the end of the existing in Ukraine the situation that has arisen in connection with the conflict in Ukraine, and penalties were introduced under pressure from the United States.

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