【日露外相会談】河野外相側がロシア側に、会談後の共同会見を行わないよう事前要請したとザハロワ露外務省広報官が暴露ータス通信
Russia surprised by Tokyo’s decision not to hold briefing after Moscow meeting
Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called this approach of the Japanese colleagues strange and contradictory
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, January 13. /TASS/. The Russian Foreign Ministry is surprised as Japanese partners are opposed to holding a joint press conference after the meeting of the Russian and Japanese top diplomats in Moscow on January 14, Official Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"The greatest surprise for us was that before the bilateral talks the Japanese colleagues asked us not to hold a joint press conference on its results," Zakharova told Vesti Nedeli program on Rossiya-1 TV channel.
The diplomat called this approach of the Japanese colleagues strange and contradictory. "On the one hand, [this is] whipping up tensions ahead of talks and creating a very nervous atmosphere both in Japan and in general on this agenda and on the other hand, there is no desire to go to the press after the talks and say what’s the outcome," she explained.
