Bessent says US expects Japan to stop buying Russian energy

Oct 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that he told Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato that the Trump administration expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy. "Minister Kato and I also discussed important issues pertaining to the U.S.-Japan economic relationship and the Administration's expectation that Japan stop importing Russian energy," Bessent said on X, after the two met on Wednesday. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil; editing by Costas Pitas)

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