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| Russia suspends deal with Japan on fishing near disputed islands |
| Moscow, 30.01.2023 |
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| Russia’s foreign ministry says Tokyo failed to make payments under deal giving Japan fishing rights near Kuril islands.
Russia’s foreign ministry has said it is suspending an agreement with Japan that allowed Japanese fishermen to fish near the disputed Southern Kuril islands, accusing Tokyo of failing to make payments required under the deal.
“In the current situation, we are forced to suspend the implementation of the 1998 Agreement until the Japanese side fulfils all its financial obligations,” Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Tuesday.
Called the Kurils by Russia and the Northern Territories by Japan, the string of volcanic islands is at the heart of a decades-long feud between the two countries that has prevented them from signing a formal World War II peace treaty.
Moscow regards the strategic archipelago – which separates the Sea of Okhotsk and Pacific Ocean – as its own, while Tokyo says the four islands belong to Japan and were seized by the Soviet army in the final days of the war.In October, Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, said that Japan’s sovereignty extends to the four islands: Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai, which lie at their closest point just a few kilometres off the north coast of Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands.
The Kremlin denounced that claim.Moscow’s announced suspension of the fishing agreement comes as Japanese and NATO officials agreed on Tuesday to step up military cooperation and conduct joint exercises amid shared concerns that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing a deterioration of the security environment in Europe and Asia.Japan also quickly joined the US and Europe in imposing sanctions against Russia, including freezing the assets of Russian officials and billionaires, restricting trade and investment, and providing support for Ukraine, following Moscow’s invasion in February.
In May, Prime Minister Kishida said Japan will ban Russian crude oil imports “in principle” and had already announced phasing out Russian coal imports.
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