One of the journalists asked him to comment on the words of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida about plans to create a defense alliance with the United States.
“There is no turnaround here; in fact, as such, a de facto defense union is already present,” Peskov said.
According to him, the Russian side is aware of the US military potential, which is located on Japanese territory “near our borders.”
At the same time, Peskov emphasized that this has always been a stumbling block in attempts to resolve the peace treaty problem.
As the Japanese agency Kyodo previously wrote, the US military command intends to expand the functions of the headquarters of its armed forces in Japan.
As Sergei Zhyostky, acting director of the third Asian department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said, the foundation of relations between Russia and Japan is almost completely destroyed.