Юкио Хатояма оценил Крымский полуостров
Ушедший из политической жизни Японии экс-премьер-министр страны Юкио Хатояма решил как бы сыграть на интересы России, посетив Крымский полуостров и заявив о конституционности прошедшего там референдума. Вероятно, что его миссия, публично не одобренная руководством страной и его партией, имеет свой второй смысл: Япония будет проводить мысль о том, что Россия восстановила историческую справедливость, присоединив Крым, а потому и Япония должна то же самое сделать в отношении южных Курильских островов. Япония поддерживает Россию в вопросе Крыма, так почему бы России не пойти на встречу Японии в вопросе «возвращения северных территорий».
Ex-prime minister Hatoyama defends referendum in Crimea as constitutional
Kyodo
MOSCOW - Japan’s former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, visiting Crimea despite criticism from Tokyo, said Wednesday a controversial referendum last March that found a majority on the peninsula were in favor of joining Russia was in line with Ukraine’s Constitution.
Hatoyama told a news conference in Simferopol on the Crimean peninsula that the referendum was held peacefully and democratically in accordance with the Constitution, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
His remarks, which were widely seen as supporting Russia’s annexation of Crimea, may draw criticism as Japan has said it does not recognize the outcome of the vote.
Japan and other Group of Seven nations - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United States - have condemned Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March last year, saying it is a “violation of international law.”
In the city of Yalta, Hatoyama told city officials that the referendum resolved the territorial issue with Russia, and that it was one of the most significant events in history, according to local news agency Kryminform.
The Japanese government had urged Hatoyama not to visit Crimea, saying that a trip by a former prime minister with a Russian visa could conflict with Tokyo’s stance that Moscow unilaterally annexed the territory in violation of international law.
In Tokyo, the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party condemned the visit by Hatoyama, who was prime minister from September 2009 to June 2010 when the opposition Democratic Party of Japan was in power.
“As a politician who experienced the post of prime minister, it was much too hasty an act. It is extremely regrettable,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a news conference of Hatoyama’s Tuesday visit to the Black Sea peninsula. “We would like to criticize him severely.”
LDP Vice President Masahiko Komura said the trip is “regrettable because it is incompatible with the Japanese position that it will never recognize any attempt to change the status quo by force.”
The visit “will give rise to misunderstanding in the international community,” Komura told reporters.
The Japan Times Mar 11, 2015
Ex-prime minister Hatoyama defends referendum in Crimea as constitutional
Kyodo
MOSCOW - Japan’s former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, visiting Crimea despite criticism from Tokyo, said Wednesday a controversial referendum last March that found a majority on the peninsula were in favor of joining Russia was in line with Ukraine’s Constitution.
Hatoyama told a news conference in Simferopol on the Crimean peninsula that the referendum was held peacefully and democratically in accordance with the Constitution, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
His remarks, which were widely seen as supporting Russia’s annexation of Crimea, may draw criticism as Japan has said it does not recognize the outcome of the vote.
Japan and other Group of Seven nations - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United States - have condemned Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March last year, saying it is a “violation of international law.”
In the city of Yalta, Hatoyama told city officials that the referendum resolved the territorial issue with Russia, and that it was one of the most significant events in history, according to local news agency Kryminform.
The Japanese government had urged Hatoyama not to visit Crimea, saying that a trip by a former prime minister with a Russian visa could conflict with Tokyo’s stance that Moscow unilaterally annexed the territory in violation of international law.
In Tokyo, the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party condemned the visit by Hatoyama, who was prime minister from September 2009 to June 2010 when the opposition Democratic Party of Japan was in power.
“As a politician who experienced the post of prime minister, it was much too hasty an act. It is extremely regrettable,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a news conference of Hatoyama’s Tuesday visit to the Black Sea peninsula. “We would like to criticize him severely.”
LDP Vice President Masahiko Komura said the trip is “regrettable because it is incompatible with the Japanese position that it will never recognize any attempt to change the status quo by force.”
The visit “will give rise to misunderstanding in the international community,” Komura told reporters.
The Japan Times Mar 11, 2015