Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed his satisfaction with reaching an agreement with Russia on fishing quotas for Russian-origin salmon within a 200-mile zone of Japan. This was reported with reference to a press conference of an official in Tokyo. RIA News.
Hayashi noted that despite the complexity in bilateral relations, Japan and Russia should interact on fisheries issues as neighboring countries. He told a meeting of the joint fisheries commission that the agreement reached on quotas for the catch of Russian-origin salmon and trout by Japanese fishermen within a 200-mile zone of Japan was “a clear-cut result”.
Hayashi also demanded that negotiations on the possibility of Japanese fishermen fishing in the southern Kuril Islands region be resumed as soon as possible. He expressed his complaints to Moscow about the reluctance of the Russian side to enter into negotiations on this issue.
RIA Novosti reminded that the negotiations took into account fishing quotas in Japan’s exclusive economic zone for salmon hatched in rivers on Russian territory, because according to international law, the country on whose territory the fish was born has these rights. him. That’s why Moscow and Tokyo negotiate every year over fishing quotas and the amounts Japan must pay Russia. Only then can Japanese fishermen start catching fish.
Before that at the Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima-1 suspended Release of purified water due to earthquake.
Previously Russian President Vladimir Putin stated About Russia’s ability to surpass Japan in the economy.