Il Giappone ribadisce l’importanza di una collaborazione con la Russia in vista di una soluzione della crisi nella Penisola coereana. Lo ha detto il ministro degli esteri giapponese, Fumio Kishida. “La Russia svolge un ruolo importante quanto ai rapporti co la Corea del Nord. In base a questa consapevolezza, abbiamo discusso di questo con la Russia a marzo durante una riunione dei ministri degli Esteri e della Difesa del formato 2 + 2, nonché durante un vertice di aprile. La Russia e la Cina hanno una grande influenza sulla Corea del Nord. E’ perciò è molto importante riuscire ad interagire con loro “, ha detto Kishida al Parlamento sottolineando come quella del dialogo diretto con Pyongyang si sia rivelata una strada infruttuosa.

#It is important to cooperate with Russia on the settlement of the crisis surrounding North Korea, as Moscow has influence over Pyongyang, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. “Russia plays an important role in dealing with North Korea. Based on this understanding, we discussed [with Russia] in March during a meeting of foreign ministers and defense ministers in the 2+2 format, as well as during the summit in April, the North Korean issues. Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe then expressed the wish that Russia would play a constructive role with regard to North Korea, and Japan’s intention to cooperate with Russia. Russia and China have a very big influence on North Korea, it is very important to interact with them,” Kishida told the parliament. The minister stressed that the dialogue with Pyongyang for the sake of dialogue was meaningless. The situation on the Korean peninsula aggravated in recent months as North Korea carried out a number of missile launches and nuclear tests. The most recent missile test allegedly took place in May from a site north of Pyongyang. Japan, South Korea and the United States said the test appeared to have failed as the missile broke-up within North Korean territory.