Ikhala "iphulo elingazange libonwe ngaphambili elichasene neRussia" elikhokelwa yiNkulumbuso yaseJapan uFumio Kishida, iMoscow ibhale phantsi amagosa angama-63 aseJapan kunye namanani oluntu abavala ukuba bangene eRussia, emva kokuba iJapan ithintele ukusetyenziswa kwamalahle kunye ne-oyile yaseRussia kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Umphathiswa welizwe langaphandle eJapan, umphathiswa wezokhuselo, abezemali nobulungisa baphakathi kwamagosa abhalwe phantsi. Olu luhlu lukwaquka amagosa aphezulu eYomiuri Shimbun Group kunye neNikkei Group, abanini bamaphephandaba amabini aphambili aseJapan.
Inkulumbuso yaseJapan uKishida ukuluhlu lwabantu abagwetyiweyo olukhutshwe liSebe lezangaphandle laseRussia namhlanje.
Ekukhululweni kwayo ngokusemthethweni, uRussin ubulungiseleli bangaphandle utyhola iTokyo “ngentetho engamkelekanga ebhekiselele kwiRussian Federation, ebandakanya ukunyeliswa kunye nezoyikiso ezithe ngqo,” ezithi “ziphindwa ngabantu abaninzi, iingcali kunye nabameli bemithombo yeendaba zaseJapan, kwaye ziphantsi ngokupheleleyo kucalucalulo lwaseNtshona” ngakuRussia.
Japhan kunye namahlakani ayo e-G-7 abeke izohlwayo kwiRussia emva kohlaselo lwayo olungacetywanga nxamnye nelizwe elingummelwane iUkraine.
Ngomhla wesi-8 kuAprili, uKishida wabhengeza ukuba iJapan iza kukuthintela ukuthengiswa kwamalahle eRashiya nokuba ibagxothile oonozakuzaku baseRashiya abasibhozo.
Urhulumente waseTokyo wanqumamisa zonke izinto zikazwilakhe waseRashiya uVladimir Putin kunye nabanye abantu baseRashiya abangama-398.
NgoMatshi, iRussia yagqiba ilungiselelo elaqala ngo-1991 elalivumela abemi baseJapan ukuba bandwendwele iZiqithi zaseKuril ezihlala eRussia ngaphandle kwencwadi yokundwendwela yaze yaqhawula iingxoxo neJapan malunga nokuphelisa ngokusesikweni iMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, becaphula ukuziphatha kukaTokyo “okungabi nabuhlobo elubala”.
IRashiya kunye neJapan ayizange igqibe ngokusesikweni isivumelwano soxolo emva kweWWII, ngenxa yengxabano malunga neziqithi ezine ezisemazantsi eJapan kwikhonkco leKuril, ezihlonyelwe kwaye zahlala eRashiya ekupheleni kweWWII, apho iJapan ibhekisela kuyo "njengemimandla yaseMantla."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Russia and Japan never formally concluded a peace treaty after WWII, due to the dispute over the four southernmost Japanese islands in the Kuril chain, annexed and occupied by Russia at the end of WWII, which Japan refers to as its “Northern Territories.
- In its official release, Russin foreign ministry blames Tokyo for “unacceptable rhetoric towards the Russian Federation, including defamation and direct threats,” which are “repeated by public figures, experts and representatives of the Japanese media, and completely subjected to the Western bias” towards Russia.
- In March, Russia ended an arrangement dating back to 1991 that allowed Japanese citizens to visit Russian-occupied Kuril Islands without a visa and has broken off talks with Japan on formally ending the Second World War, citing Tokyo's “openly unfriendly” conduct.
