MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of significant penalties and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile techniques manufactured beneath U.S. licence in Japan find yourself in Ukraine, the RIA information company reported on Friday.
RIA cited the brand new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that Moscow can be watching carefully to see the place Japanese arms exports ended up after Tokyo softened its export guidelines on the finish of final 12 months.
Specifically, he stated, Russia can be watching to see if and when any Patriot missile complexes and missiles made in Japan beneath U.S. licence are exported to the USA after which to Ukraine.
“Accordingly, we can be watching fastidiously to guarantee that the Patriots delivered don’t find yourself in Ukraine, as a result of if that occurs, there would be the most extreme penalties for bilateral (Russia-Japan) relations, together with our retaliatory steps,” RIA cited him as saying.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Modifying by Mark Trevelyan)
