MOSCOW, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia's ongoing military exercises in
Far East are not a threat to any country, including Japan, Russian
Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
"We see no reason for the Japanese side to express concern," deputy director of the ministry's information and press department Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
"Russia can choose by itself where to hold the drills within its own territory, so we refute the protests of the Japanese Foreign Ministry," Interfax news agency quoted Zakharova as saying.
She stressed that the South Kuril Islands where the exercises have been held belongs to Russia in line with the results of World War II.
"We see no reason for the Japanese side to express concern," deputy director of the ministry's information and press department Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
"Russia can choose by itself where to hold the drills within its own territory, so we refute the protests of the Japanese Foreign Ministry," Interfax news agency quoted Zakharova as saying.
She stressed that the South Kuril Islands where the exercises have been held belongs to Russia in line with the results of World War II.

