Ukraine calls for strictness on Russia in Japan-OSCE meet


Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (right) delivers a speech, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier (left) and Ukraine Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya (centre) look on, at the opening session of the 2014 OSCE - Japan conference in Tokyo on Monday. -AFP

TOKYO: The world needs to take a harder line on Russia after its annexation of Crimea, a Ukrainian minister said Monday at an international conference in Tokyo.

The two-day meeting involving Asian countries and members of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe comes as tensions flare between the West and Moscow over Ukraine, where pro-Russian forces are fighting against regular troops.

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