The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to Japan's demand to dismantle the monument in Russia

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning, commenting on the Japanese side's demand for Russia to dismantle a memorial in Khabarovsk dedicated to the Soviet Union's victory over militaristic Japan, said Tokyo needed to learn lessons from history and completely break with militarism. This was reported on September 8 by the Xinhua news agency.

"Japan should learn from history, completely sever ties with militarism and take concrete actions to gain the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community," the publication says.

According to the representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the correct attitude to historical facts is an important indicator of whether Japan is able to adhere to the path of peaceful development. She recalled that the condition for the country's accession to the United Nations was the recognition of the crimes of Japanese militarism and the adoption of all the provisions of the UN Charter.

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On September 5, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced the need to dismantle the memorial erected in Khabarovsk dedicated to the victory of the USSR over militaristic Japan. She noted that the placement of the monument, which depicts the destruction by a Soviet soldier of the coat of arms with a chrysanthemum, one of the state symbols of Japan, is absolutely unacceptable.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on September 6 that Japan's demand to dismantle the Victory Monument in Khabarovsk was as absurd as the demand for the wind not to blow. Zakharova also stressed that the Russian land is protected by ancestors, history is based on facts, and the memory of past events is imprinted in monuments.