The former Prime Minister of Japan to visit the Crimea, despite the advice of the Ministry of foreign Affairs

Catherine Plyasunov. Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will perform Tuesday through Thursday visit to the Crimea, to "own person to ensure that residents feel" of the Peninsula, despite the advice of the foreign Ministry of the country.

"Japan has not received full information about the fact (attach). I Wish himself to ensure that the residents (Peninsula) ", - quotes Agency Kyodo words of the former Prime Minister.

Hatoyama has noticed that " in the process of voting citizens expressed the desire on the inclusion (in Russian) ", and " feelings of local residents are the most important pillars of democracy.

"To resolve the issue of the Northern territories (on the Japanese Islands called the four Islands of the Kuril ridge) need to understand what Russia thinks about the Crimea ", - said the Former Prime Minister of Japan, adding that Tokyo should meticulously consider whether only the following Western sanctions the right decision ".

Yukio Hatoyama is the Chairman of the organizing Committee of the annual Festival of Russian culture, which will open in may in Tokyo. In the preparation of the event he said about his intention to visit the Crimea, however, the Japanese foreign Ministry urged policy to postpone his trip. Reviews authorized by the Japanese Ministry of foreign Affairs, such a trip can mean the respect of the de facto sovereignty of Russia over Crimea ". In addition, the Japanese foreign Ministry in July 2014 appropriated Crimea third of the 4 possible severity levels, encouraging its citizens to postpone travel.

Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after held there in March 2014 referendum in which an overwhelming number of residents were in favour of joining the Federation. According to the Treaty of accession, all residents of Crimea are recognized by residents of Russia, wrote a message about what you want to leave the citizenship of Ukraine. According to the FMS, the disclaimer from Russian citizenship filed only 3427 people. Just Crimea is home to about 2 million people. Kiev, despite the results of the referendum, still considers the Crimea territory.

Japan, as the European Union and the United States did not recognize the Crimea to the Russian Federation and joined in the past year for sanctions regarding Russia.


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