(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said his country's government intends to urge Russia and Ukraine to act calmly toward the tense situation in Ukraine.
The Russian parliament has passed President Putin's request on Saturday for the use of military forces in Ukrain
Ukraine's interim government responded quickly, ordering its military to mobilize , according to NHK World Radio Japan
Kishida told NHK World Radio Japan that the approval of the Russian Upper House to use military forces in Ukraine will escalate tension in the region and could damage international peace and stabilit
He expressed deep concerns. Kishida also said that Japan respects the rule of law and territorial integrity and calls on all parties involved to exercise maximum restraint and act responsibl
The Foreign Ministry officials are trying to coordinate a telephone conference between Kishida and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavro
In a related development, US Secretary of State John Kerry will head to Ukraine on Tuesday to show support for the new leadership there in the face of the Russian military intervention, the US State Department announce
Kerry on Sunday called the rapid movement of Russian troops across the border into Ukraines Crimea region unwarranted and outside international law and said Russia would suffer economic and political consequence
"Hes going to lose on the international stage," Kerry said on NBCs "Meet the Press," referring to Putin. "Russia is going to lose, the Russian people are going to lose, and hes going to lose all of the glow that came out of the Olympics, his $60 billion extravaganza." Economic sanctions and travel restrictions on individual Russians are one possibility, as is a US and European boycott of planning meetings this week for the upcoming summit of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations in Russia
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