Russian media: Japanese foreign minister says Japan's expelled diplomats have left Russia but have not arrived in Japan
[Global Network Express] According to the Russian Satellite News Agency and RIA Novosti news, Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng said at a press conference in Tokyo on the 30th that the Japanese diplomats who were expelled from Vladivostok have been released on September 28. Leaving Russia, but not yet in Japan.
Lin Fangzheng said: "(The) diplomat left Russia on the 28th, but has not yet arrived in Japan. Due to the nature of the situation, I will not elaborate."
The Chinese website of the Russian Satellite News Agency and the Russian "Izvestia" previously reported that Andrei Brovalets, head of the representative office of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vladivostok, told the media that the FSB was in Russia. The consul of the Japanese Consulate General in Vladivostok arrested in Primorye has left Primorsky by plane.
Brovalets noted that the consul had taken a flight from Vladivostok to Moscow and "will leave Russian territory as requested."
On September 26, the Russian Federal Security Service said that it had arrested a consulate of the Japanese consulate general in Vladivostok in Russia’s Primorsky Territory, who was trying to obtain information restricted from public dissemination.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a statement on the 26th saying that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Minister-Counselor of the Japanese Embassy in Russia on the same day to inform Japan that the consulate of the Japanese Consulate General in Vladivostok engaged in activities inconsistent with their identity and endangering Russia’s security interests. party to notify.
The Russian side declared the consul "persona non grata" and asked him to leave the country within 48 hours.
The Japanese side denied the relevant allegations, calling the Russian side's actions "unbelievable" and protesting to the Russian side.