“China has always been a defender of international and regional peace and stability, and this is obvious to everyone.

We hope that the relevant parties will not inflate the Chinese threat and provoke a regional confrontation, ”RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

According to her, Japan should seriously learn the lessons of history, firmly adhere to the path of peaceful development.

In November, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the US and NATO are trying to master the Asia-Pacific region (APR), militarizing it.

He added that Western countries, which are not open to everyone, have put forward the concept of the Indo-Pacific region.

The purpose of this concept is to contain the interests of China and Russia in the Asia-Pacific region, the minister stressed.