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The Russian embassy responded to the submission received from the Japanese Foreign Ministry due to the participation of the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Yevgeny Zinichev, in the opening of an emergency monitoring and forecasting center on Kunashir Island.
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© RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov
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TASS informs about this with reference to the message of the diplomatic mission.
“On August 5, we received a presentation from the Japanese Foreign Ministry in connection with the participation of the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Yevgeny Zinichev, in the opening of the Emergency Rescue Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry on Kunashir Island,” the embassy said.
Russian diplomats, in response to the submission, stated that they considered such claims by Tokyo to be categorically unacceptable.
The embassy stressed that the sovereignty of Russia over the southern Kuril Islands is beyond question. In addition, the diplomatic mission indicated that Russia has every right to carry out any activity on its territory.
Previously the Foreign Ministry saidthat Russia categorically rejects Japan’s claims regarding defense measures in the Kuril Islands.
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