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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, March 18 (Xinhua) — Japan's remilitarization policy is leading to unwanted tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, provoking a new round of the arms race. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated this Wednesday in response to a question from a Xinhua correspondent.
“This course has an extremely negative impact on both regional and global stability and leads to unwanted tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, provoking a new round of the arms race,” she said.
M. Zakharova noted that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly commented on the official line of Tokyo, which is taking consistent steps to remilitarize the country, including the acquisition of strike systems such as cruise missiles, which "simply cannot be classified as defensive weapons."
"We regularly draw Japan's attention to the destructive consequences of the rapid expansion of the military budget. This, of course, particularly applies to arms purchases, which potentially pose a threat to the national security of neighboring states, including Russia," the diplomat emphasized.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry called on Japan's leadership to adhere to the provisions of its national constitution that proclaim pacifist principles. "If Japan's leadership does not want to find itself in the same situation the country found itself in during and after World War II, it should learn the lessons of history and rely, first and foremost, on the relevant provisions of the national constitution that still remain in effect and proclaim pacifist principles," she emphasized.
M. Zakharova also warned of Russia's response to the emergence of new threats. "The emergence of additional missile threats to Russian territory will undoubtedly entail a response on our part in terms of the need for compensatory measures to maintain an adequate level of defense capability," the Russian diplomat concluded.
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