Diplomats answered claims Japan on a trip of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to Kunashir

Tokyo, 6 Aug — Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti". Russian Federation absolutely rejects claims Japan to a trip of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Eugenie Nikolaevich Zinichev on the island of Kunashir which Japanese consider as the territory. Embassy Russian Federation in Japan reported that on August 5 to them representation from Ministry of foreign affairs of Japan in connection with participation Eugenie Nikolaevich Zinichev in opening of the Ministry of Emergency Situations rescue center on the island came. The Russian diplomats called statements Tokyo "categorically unacceptable" and emphasized that "the sovereignty Russian Federation over the southern Kuril Islands is not subject to doubt". "Noted that we have the full right to carry out on the...