Zakharova clarified Russia’s requirements for Japan on American Typhon complexes: the Russian Foreign Ministry demanded that Japan withdraw Typhon complexes

The representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova explained the essence of Moscow’s demands to Tokyo, set out in the note of protest of September 3. According to the diplomat, Russia has called on Japan to withdraw U.S. land-based Typhon complexes from its territory.

“At the same time, the need for the Japanese leadership to fully recognize the results of World War II, including their territorial aspects related to the southern Kuril Islands, and abandon the course of remilitarization was emphasized,” Zakharova said in a commentary published on the Foreign Ministry’s website.

The diplomat recalled that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko at a meeting with Japanese Ambassador Akira Muto on September 16 urged to take seriously the content of the directed note. A similar protest in the Japanese foreign Ministry conveyed China, said Maria Zakharova. Beijing, she said, expressed the same “concern in light of Tokyo’s remilitarization policy,” including the deployment of Typhon complexes on the island of Kyushu.

Typhon is a mobile ground launcher. It is designed to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of more than 2 thousand km and SM-6 multipurpose missiles (300-400 km). They were deployed in Japan during joint exercises with the United States and Australia Orient Shield. The maneuvers take place from 8 to 24 September in different areas of Japan, including on the island of Hokkaido near the Russian territories.