Japan invites Ukraine’s Minister to G7 Digital Meeting
The Government of Japan invited Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, to participate in the Group of Seven (G7) Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting.
That is according to Kyodo News, Ukrinform reports.
Nine ministerial discussions are scheduled on a wide range of international issues in a preparation for G7 Summit, which will begin in Hiroshima on May 19. The focus of each of the discussions will be overcoming the challenges and threats caused by Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
The Japanese side invited Fedorov to Tokyo to attend a meeting of G7 ministers responsible for digitalization on April 29-30 and share Ukraine's experience in countering massive Russian cyberattacks and eliminating vulnerabilities in telecommunications infrastructure.
According to the Japanese government, the Ukrainian side is considering the possibility of Fedorov's visit to Japan.
As part of the preparations for the G7 Summit, a meeting of energy, climate and environment ministers is also scheduled for April 15-16 to discuss energy security and carbon emissions reduction while supporting economic growth.
The G7 foreign ministers of the countries will discuss the challenges to regional and global security posed by Russia and China, as well as North Korea and its nuclear missile program on April 16-18. Top diplomats will, in particular, assess the effectiveness of Russia sanctions and the prospects for increasing pressure on Moscow, as well as the possibilities of countering China in the Indo-Pacific region.
Finance ministers and central bank governors of the most developed economies, on May 11-13, will hold talks on the prospects for global economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic, solving the debt problems of developing countries, and maintaining global financial stability amid Russia's war against Ukraine.
On April 22-23, ministers of agriculture will discuss overcoming the food crisis, the problem of high food prices and the destabilization of key grain and fertilizer markets due to Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Meetings are also scheduled for the ministers of labor (April 22-23), science and technology (May 12-14), heads of education (May 12-15), and heads of health ministries (May 13-14).
As reported by Ukrinform, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the Group of Seven Summit to be held in May in Hiroshima would be an opportunity to demonstrate G7's determination to maintain an international order based on the rule of law.