KIEV, Oct. 27 – Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has called on Japanese politicians and public figures not to follow the policy of appeasing the aggressor, but unite and take concrete action to make Russia stop its aggression.

"One should not appease the aggressor with either comity of manner, or a kind word, or promises, or turning a blind eye... This has already happened in history, during the 1930s ... History doesn't forget - the payment is personal tragedies ... Only a united, consolidated position taken by the entire civilized world unified against the aggressor, with clear demands and tough sanctions, will yield results: peace and the return of the occupied Ukrainian territory, peace in Syria, Japanese control of the Northern Territories of the Kurils Islands. This is the only way to go," Avakov said on Facebook on Thursday while being on a four-day official visit to Japan.