“ US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the Trump administration expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy carriers. Source: Reuters Details: Bessent made his position known to his Japanese counterpart Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday, October 15, during a meeting held on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting. An American government official announced the content of the conversation on the X social network. “Minister Kato and I discussed important issues related to US-Japanese economic relations and the expectation of the Trump administration that Japan will stop importing Russian energy carriers,” Bessent wrote after the meeting. In response to journalists’ questions about whether the US really called on Japan to stop buying Russian energy resources, Kato said that “Japan will do everything in its power based on the basic principle of coordination with the G7 countries to achieve a just peace in Ukraine.” The G7 countries – the US, Japan, Canada, Britain, France, Germany and Italy – agreed earlier this month to coordinate and tighten sanctions against Russia, targeting countries that buy Russian oil to help the Kremlin circumvent existing war-financing restrictions.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Scott Bessent. Photo: Getty Images Source: Reuters
Details: Bessent made his position known to his Japanese counterpart Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday, October 15, during a meeting held on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting.
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The American government official reported on the content of the conversation on the X social network.
“Minister Kato and I discussed important issues concerning US-Japan economic relations and the expectation of the Trump administration that Japan will stop importing Russian energy carriers,” Bessent wrote after the meeting.
In response to journalists’ questions about whether the US really called on Japan to stop buying Russian energy resources, Kato said that “Japan will do everything in its power based on the basic principle of coordination with the G7 countries to achieve a just peace in Ukraine.”
The G7 countries – the US, Japan, Canada, Britain, France, Germany and Italy – agreed earlier this month to coordinate and tighten sanctions against Russia, targeting countries that buy Russian oil to help the Kremlin circumvent existing war-financing restrictions.