(MENAFN- QNA) The government of Japan has imposed sanctions against Russian major state-owned banks over Russia’s stance on developments in neighboring Ukraine, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
The new sanctions ban five Russian banks from issuing securities in Japan.
The decision on a new package of sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine as taken at a regular government meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday.
Japan intends together with the other G7 countries to continue efforts to establish peace in Ukraine and look for a diplomatic solution to the conflict, Suga said.
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