Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zakharova issued a statement on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on the 13th refuting remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu about Russian President Putin's landing on Iturup Island, saying that the remarks were politically meaningless, “insulting”, and had no effect at the legal level.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zakharova issued a statement on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on the 13th refuting remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu about Russian President Putin's landing on Iturup Island, saying that the remarks were politically meaningless, “insulting”, and had no effect at the legal level.