Japan’s Prime Minister makes a surprise visit to Ukraine

March 21 () –

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is traveling to Kiev on Tuesday to meet Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky on a surprise trip that makes him the latest Group of Seven (G7) leader to attend Ukraine since The war began on February 24, 2022.

Kishida, who was in India to participate in a summit with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, has left the Asian country for Poland, where he has taken a train at around 01:30 a.m. (Spanish peninsular time), according to sources consulted by the chain. of Japanese television NHK.

This visit, Kishida’s first, comes more than a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, despite being invited by Zelensky in early January to visit the country. The Japanese ‘premier’ has stated on previous occasions that he was still considering the invitation, adding that he would like to hold it before the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May.

Since the invitation was issued, the Kishida Administration’s plans have been delayed by concerns about the difficulty of keeping the travel time and route secret, reports the ‘Japan Times’ newspaper.

However, the Japanese government has repeatedly shown its support for kyiv, while joining the international community’s sanctions against the Russian authorities.