[D66] Ukrainecrisis: Rusland bezet door Japan geclaimde eilanden

[Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks]

Bron:   Reuters
Datum:  26 maart 2002
Auteur: Lidia Kelly, Junko Fujita
URL:    
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-conducts-military-drills-isles-disputed-with-japan-media-2022-03-26/


Russia conducts military drills on isles disputed with Japan
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March 26 (Reuters) - Russia was conducting drills on islands claimed by 
Tokyo, Japanese media said on Saturday, days after Moscow halted peace 
talks with Japan because of its sanctions over Russia's invasion of 
Ukraine.

Russia's Eastern Military District said it was conducting military 
drills on the Kuril islands with more than 3,000 troops and hundreds of 
pieces of army equipment, Russia's Interfax news agency said Friday.

It did not say where on the island chain, connecting Russia's Kamchatka 
peninsula and Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the drills 
were taking place. Japanese media said they were on territory the Soviet 
Union seized at the end of World War Two that is claimed by Tokyo.

Japan's Foreign Ministry and Prime Minister's Office could not be 
reached outside business hours to comment on the exercises.

The territorial dispute over the four islets - which Russia says are 
part of its Kuril chain and which Japan calls its Northern Territories - 
has prevented Tokyo and Moscow from reaching a peace treaty formally 
ending hostilities.

Japan reacted angrily on Tuesday after Russia withdrew from long-running 
treaty talks and froze joint economic projects related to the islands, 
in retaliation for Japan joining Western sanctions over Moscow's 
month-old invasion.
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-halts-japan-peace-treaty-talks-over-sanctions-2022-03-21/

Russia's exercises involved repelling amphibious warfare, including 
destroying defence aircraft carrying troops and testing skills to 
operate fire control systems of anti-tank guided missiles, Interfax 
said. 'In addition to this, units of the Air Defense Forces are carrying 
out a set of measures to detect, identify and destroy aircraft of a mock 
enemy that would carry out an airborne assault,' the agency cited the 
District's press service as saying.

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