Japan PM plan to visit Ukraine
Tokyo, The Gulf Observer: Japanese PM Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Ukraine in February and holding talks with Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelenskyy, the Yomiuri newspaper said, citing Japanese government sources.
As chair of the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies this year, Japan wants to show it intends to keep providing support to Ukraine while it also aims to release a statement with Kiev condemning Russia’s aggression, Yomiuri said.
Speaking at a television programme, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara said the idea was something Japan must contemplate as chair of G7 this year.
“But nothing has been decided at this stage,” he said, when asked about the possibility of Kishida visiting Kiev.
