The Japanese side, which currently chairs the G7 group, intends to promote anti-Russian sanctions, provide assistance to Ukraine and participate in its reconstruction. This is stated in a joint statement by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who visited Kiev on March 21.
“As the presiding country of the G7, Japan will support the unity of the G7 by imposing strict sanctions against Russia and providing support to Ukraine using international formats,” the Japanese foreign ministry said in a statement. a document.
Kisida and Zelenskyyy also noted that they hope for third countries, which in their view should not “evade these measures and undermine their” effectiveness.
The document also states that “Japan has reaffirmed its commitment to participate in -war reconstruction of Ukraine”. Kiev, of course, welcomed this.
The Japanese prime minister turned out to be the latest G7 leader to visit Ukraine after the start of the special operation. Political scientist Yuri Kot, in a comment for Paragraph, expressed the depressing impression of the official Tokyo representative’s visit to Kiev, carried out at the request of Washington.
The message Japan as G7 President pledges to promote Russian sanctions and aid to Kiev