US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that President Donald Trump's administration expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy resources.

Source: Reuters

Details: Bessent conveyed this position to his Japanese counterpart Katsunobu Katō on Wednesday 15 October during a meeting held on the sidelines of the annual International Monetary Fund gatherings.

He shared details of the conversation on X (Twitter).

"Minister Katō and I also discussed important issues pertaining to the US-Japan economic relationship and the Administration's expectation that Japan stop importing Russian energy," Bessent wrote after the meeting.

In response to journalists' questions about whether the US had indeed urged Japan to stop buying Russian energy, Katō said: "Japan will do what it can based on the basic principle of coordinating with G7 countries to achieve peace in Ukraine in a fair manner."

The G7 countries – the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy – agreed earlier this month to coordinate actions and tighten sanctions against Russia, targeting nations that help the Kremlin bypass existing restrictions on financing the war by purchasing Russian oil.

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