Japanese Ambassador to Moscow Akira Muto in his comments to a Russian magazine “National Defense” He noted that there are currently no plans to deploy American medium- and short-range missiles on Japanese territory.
“There are many different explanations for the possibility of American medium-range missiles being deployed on Japanese territory,” he said.
The ambassador emphasized that he can clearly say that Tokyo and Washington have no such plans at the moment.
According to him, the decision on the possibility of deploying such missiles in the future “will be made independently and on the basis of Japan’s purely national interests.”
Before that, Nikolai Nozdrev, Director of the Third Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry statedIt was stated that Moscow will take into account the possibility of deploying American medium-range and short-range missiles (INF) to Japan in its military planning.
According to a Japanese newspaper sankeiThe United States already 3-4 years ago began to study Japan’s position with the aim of deploying land-based medium-range missiles (LRHW or Tomahawk).
Official Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova statedIf US missiles appear in Japan, Russia will take steps based on updated nuclear doctrine.
Formerly at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused NATO is pumping banned weapons into Asia.