Despite the anti-punishment and deteriorating relations between Russia and the West against the background of the Ukrainian fall, cooperation between Moscow and Tokyo will continue and the Cooperation in the energy sector increases the probability of the cast to change the balance of power in the global energy market, writes.
The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe agreed on a meeting in the upcoming months on the sidelines of the APEC summit in China, and, it seems, writes the journal, the agenda for these negotiations is formed already at the present time. It is assumed that the leaders of the two countries will discuss the Russian proposal to build a gas pipeline from Sakhalin to Hokkaido, highlights magazine.
Russia provides today 9, 8 percent of Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas. Under the new pipeline will be delivered to 20 billion cubic meters daily, which will provide 17 % of the total Japanese imports.
cooperation between Russia and Japan could change the balance in the global energy market, says the Creator of the article. In his vision, what is happening in Ukraine is not the cause, which could stop the Russian-Japanese Cooperation at this stage, the most considering that the Western allies Japan currently more occupied with the struggle against " Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. If the Ukrainian issue will continue to be for them in the 2nd plan, Japan can continue the dialogue with Russia on gas pipeline, says The Diplomat.
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