Kishida assures Zelensky of support for Ukraine

Kishida assures Zelensky of support for Ukraine

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Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida in a phone call with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Tokyo will do its utmost to provide assistance to Ukraine.

Ukrinform reports this with reference to Reuters.

“I strongly condemned Russia's continued aggression, and stated that Japan would do its utmost to provide assistance, including to get through the winter, in order to protect the lives of the Ukrainian people," Kishida told reporters.

Kishida also reaffirmed Tokyo's full support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia as Japan assumes the rotating chair of the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies.

The Japanese prime minister said he would weigh an invitation to visit Kyiv depending on "various circumstances".

As reported by Ukrinform, earlier Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno confirmed that Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida had a received an invitation to visit Ukraine. The invitation was handed over by Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, Andriy Yermak, to the Japanese ambassador to Ukraine on Wednesday.

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