Ukraine's ambassador to Japan hopes for strengthening of cooperation in area of technology

Ukraine's ambassador to Japan hopes for strengthening of cooperation in area of technology

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Recently appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan, Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Sergiy Korsunsky has said he hopes for the strengthening of bilateral cooperation, especially in the field of technology.

He said this in an interview with Ukrinform.

"I hope that we will be able to formulate certain new elements of cooperation with Japan. [...] I know that Japan rose after the war precisely due to technology and intellectual property. So I see everything related to technology as the number one priority," he said.

According to Korsunsky, he has repeatedly criticized the fact that since 2014 Ukraine has not actually paid enough attention to the Asian region. At present, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is developing a strategy for Asia, and he is also involved in this work.

Korsunsky said that the first consultations on this topic with the involvement of the best experts on Asia had shown that the region is very heterogeneous.

"Today we are trying to classify where our priority is in terms of pragmatic economic relations, and where there is a clear political affiliation," the diplomat said.

According to him, Japan remains an extremely important and promising partner for Ukraine.

At the same time, he added that the technological potential of Japan and Ukraine is difficult to compare but, at the same time, cooperation in space, defense and health care sectors and many other things can be very useful.

Korsunsky said that science would be a priority "because I see prospects here."

In particular, the diplomat said that he would have a meeting on the Chornobyl-Fukushima project. According to him, the project is very interesting and important because it shows that the Ukrainian experience of solving problems after the Chornobyl accident can be useful for Japan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Korsunsky as Ukraine's ambassador to Japan in March 2020.

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