Russia protested to Japan on Friday about Tokyo’s plans to hold joint military exercises on the island of Hokkaido and accused Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of placing his country “on a path to dangerous escalation”.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry, in a note on its website, said a protest had been issued to Japan’s embassy in connection with the announcement that drills would be held with Germany and Spain later this month.
The note said Tokyo was told it was “categorically unacceptable” to engage in military activity off Russia’s far eastern coast, particularly taking into account the participation of NATO members located far from the region. Läs artikel