Tokyo: Russia’s ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galujin believes that the current and future relations between the two countries “should have nothing to do with what is happening in and around Ukraine.”
In an interview with Arab News Japan, Galuzin said that cooperation between the two countries “has been very valuable and mutually beneficial for decades.” However, he criticized Japan for “wrongly imposing broad sanctions”.
Galuzin also warned Japan against forming nuclear alliances with others. “Since Japan is the only country that has suffered from nuclear bombing, it must fight to eliminate nuclear weapons. Sharing nuclear missions within NATO member states, led by the US (moves Japan closer to nuclear weapons).
Galuzin accused the US of nuclear proliferation by establishing the AUKUS framework, a tripartite security treaty with Australia and the UK to build Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet.
He also warned against engaging NATO in East Asia. “We think that the policy of the US and its allies, including Japan, to engage NATO in Asia-Pacific issues is very dangerous, because where NATO was involved, there is no peace, stability and prosperity. See Iraq, What happened in Syria and Libya. Yugoslavia was destroyed and divided.”
Galuzin noted that Asian-centric mechanisms for peace, security and stability, such as the East Asian Summit, were positive; and criticized American strategy in the region.
“Instead of Asian groups, the US tries to form US-centric alliances such as AUKUS, Quad, US-Japan, US-(South) Korea and the US-Australia military alliance. They are closed structures that divide the territory, not consolidate it. We recommend that Asian countries consider whether welcoming NATO here bodes well for the future of the region,” he said.
On current Japan-Russia relations and future prospects, the ambassador said that Russia sees the position of Japan, the G7 and other European countries at “double standards” as they stand against the US’ “past aggression” against first countries. . Not talking about the Middle East.
For example, the US invasion of Iraq was based on the allegation that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which turned out to be false. However, they invaded and destroyed Iraq, and hundreds of thousands of innocent people were killed, making the Middle East … the center of widespread international terrorism,” he said.
“The G7 countries, including the Japanese leadership, misinterpreted the goals and actions of our (Russian) special military operation in Ukraine and completely ignored an obvious fact that the Ukrainian government’s policy towards Russia poses a great and very real threat. was coming,” he said. Arab News told Japan.
“After the bloody coup of 2014, which led to an illegal regime change in Ukraine, society there has been educated to hate everything related to Russia, including language, culture, traditions, general history and relations. , destroying millions of relations between people,” he said.
In addition, he claimed that radical Ukrainian forces, whom he labeled as Nazis, had seized power and declared war on everything related to Russia, especially the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics. is referred to as. He said these various groups rejected the coup not only because they considered it illegal, but also as a result of banning the Russian language in Ukraine, ousting all Russians from Crimea, and cutting off all ties with Russia. , They said.
“That regime of the Ukrainian Nazis also received a huge amount of lethal weapons from NATO, mainly to attack populations of Russian descent, killing 14,000 people and injuring hundreds, including children. They caused widespread destruction in that area. This is the genocide going on for the last eight years, which no one paid attention to except Russia, ”according to Galuzin.
“The Kyiv regime rejected the Minsk agreements on peaceful settlement in the eastern part of Ukraine.”
Galuzin said the Russian government believes that a potentially dangerous nuclear war could be ignited if Kyiv joins NATO, which has many countries armed with these weapons.
Galuzin claimed that Russia found documents showing Ukraine’s regime relied on more than 30 military biological facilities located in Ukraine and controlled by the Pentagon, “preparing to produce biological weapons”.
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