Russia's decision to postpone the meeting at the level of Deputy Ministers of foreign Affairs of the cause in the government of Japan extreme regret, said the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Sigida Suga.
" The fact that the Russian Federation unilaterally annulled the chance for dialogue, tragically, " said Suga, quoted by " Last news ". He again reiterated that the intended first of autumn visit of the President of the Russian Federation in Japan " At the moment nothing has been decided, the Decision will be made on the basis of an integrated consideration of the question ". On Tuesday, the Russian foreign Ministry said that the scheduled for the end of August the meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs of Russia and Japan pending against the background of the adoption Tokyo anti-Russian sanctions. Last week the Secretary General of the government of Japan Sigida Suga unveiled fresh punishment Japan against Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine. These measures involve the freezing of assets on the Japanese Islands of individuals and organizations, " specifically relevant to the annexation of Crimea to Russia and to destabilize the situation in the East of Ukraine. In addition, will be introduced limits on the import of Crimean items. Penalties were imposed despite the Fact that first stated that the Japanese government is not going to make any hasty decisions on the issue of new sanctions against capital of Russia in connection with the incident with the Malaysian Boeing 777 and wants to wait for the results of international investigations. At the same time in June, Japan opposed the strengthening of sanctions concerning Russia. Japan, March 18, introduced the 1st package of sanctions in regard to Russia, which was connected with the position of Russia in the Crimea. Punishment then included the suspension of consultations on visa facilitation and the beginning of negotiations about the possible signing of three agreements on investment cooperation, on cooperation in space exploration and the prevention of dangerous military activities.

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