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2024-01-08 08:54:06

Surprise visit by the head of Japanese diplomacy to Ukraine

The head of Japanese diplomacy, Yoko Kamikawa, is in Ukraine this Sunday to meet her counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and assure him of Tokyo’s continued support, announced the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This visit was not initially announced in the official program of Ms. Kamikawa’s two-week tour that began Friday, which included trips to Poland, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, in Germany and Turkey. She was due to travel to Ukraine on Sunday, leaving from Warsaw, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs finally said in a statement. A ministry official confirmed to Agence France-Presse that it “arrived somewhere in Ukraine” Sunday.

During her visit, Ms. Kamikawa “will once again reiterate to the Ukrainian side that Japan’s consistent policy of supporting Ukraine remains unchanged even in the face of the current serious international situation”, adds the press release. She must also inform the Ukrainian side of the details of the aid projects that Japan is proposing to kyiv, this document adds.

Japan will host a conference on promoting Ukraine’s economic reconstruction in Tokyo in February, which Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal plans to attend.

Ms. Kamikawa will consult the Ukrainian side on the detailed program of the conference and attend “the large-scale electrical equipment handover ceremony for winter storage assistance”according to the press release.

During her visit, Ms. Kamikawa “must demonstrate Japan’s determination to uphold the international order based on the rule of law, based on the principle that unilateral changes to the status quo by force, such as Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, cannot can be accepted »the document further specifies.