The meeting of Sinzo Abe’s widow with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin was embarrassed in Tokyo.

The Japanese government has not contacted Aquie Abe, the widow of the former Japan prime minister, on her trip to Russia, nor does she comment on her meeting with the Russian president, said Japanese Council Secretary General Yosimasa.

“We know that the government of the Russian president said that, on May 29, Akie Abe, the wife of the former [θανόντος] Prime Minister Abe, met in Moscow with the Russian President [Βλαντίμιρ] Putin, “he said. ‘As a government, [εμείς] We have not exchanged [απόψεις] With Akie Abe and we cannot comment on this issue anyway, “he added.

‘We invite people to abstain from visits to Russia’, However, Hayai repeated.

Japan issued the third highest consulting order on the four -step scale for most Russia, including Moscow, asking Japanese citizens to abstain from unnecessary trips to the region. Aquie Abe ignored the travel directive.

Putin welcomed Abe to Moscow on Thursday with a huge bouquet. The Russian president said her husband had “honestly worked” for the complete restoration of Russia-Japan cooperation and had made a great effort to it. According to Putin, Russia remembers the contribution of Shinzo Abe to the development of bilateral cooperation. Akie told the Russian leader that her husband was hoping to have a personal meeting with him after the start of the “special military operation” (War in Ukraine) in Russia. He also expressed the hope that the cultural and humanitarian exchanges between Russia and Japan would develop.

Abe and Putin had warm and friendly relationships. They met a total of 27 times and were known to be talking to each other as old friends do reported the Russian media.

Sinzo Abe was also close to Trump during the first term of the US president, donating a golden golf, which the American admitted in 2023 that he had been temporarily lost.

Abe was murdered On July 8, 2022.