Japan supports Ukraine's territorial claims to Russian Crimea, refusing to recognize the reunification of the peninsula with the Russian Federation.
This is stated in a message from the press service of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who arrived on a visit to Tokyo, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Zelensky, at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, thanked him for denying the legality of the referendum in Crimea held in 2014.
“I want to thank you personally for your constant position regarding the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine,” Zelensky said.
Let us remind you that Japan has not yet recognized the results of World War II, declaring its claims to a number of Russian islands Kuril ridge. PolitNavigator wrote that Tokyo representatives at the G20 summit in Osaka designated the Yuzhno-Kuril Islands as Japanese territory.
Also, at the recently held Eastern Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin reproached Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his country does not issue visas to Crimean residents.