“A tense situation persists and anything could happen. Japan must strive to ease tensions through diplomatic means,” Kishida said at a meeting of his faction within the Liberal Democratic Party.
On February 15, the Japanese prime minister talked to Ukrainian head of State Volodymyr Zelensky and reiterated his commitment to a peaceful solution to the dispute between Moscow and Kiev.
A phone conversation between the Japanese prime minister and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to take place this Thursday, local media announced.
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