The group of the world’s seven most industrialized countries (G7) will meet with the president of Ukraine on Friday, the Japanese prime minister said on Monday, announcing another €5.1 billion in Japanese aid to Kiev.
The meeting, which will take place via video conference, marks the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The leaders of the G7 countries must remain united in dealing with the invasion of Ukraine, which is why I have decided to organize an ‘online’ meeting of the G7 countries with the president this week, on the 24th. [ucraniano, Volodymyr] Zelensky as a guest”, explained Fumio Kishida during a speech at a forum in Tokyo.
This will be the first summit hosted by Kishida as chairman of the G7, a group that also includes the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany.
Japan joined the United States and European states in punishing the West against Russia for the invasion and in providing humanitarian and economic support to Ukraine.
Japan’s response has been quite swift, as Japan fears a potential impact from the war in East Asia, where China’s military has become increasingly assertive and tensions have risen in Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory.
In your speech, Kishida acknowledged that he took decisive action out of “strong concern that Ukraine could be the East Asia of tomorrow” and said the Russian invasion was a challenge to the entire international order.
emphasize that Ukrainians “still need help” as their livelihoods were “destroyed by the war and [que é preciso] repairing the destroyed infrastructures”Japan’s prime minister said Japan would provide new financial aid to Ukraine worth €5.1 billion.
Japan has already funneled about €490 million to Ukraine for emergency economic aid.
The country has also taken in more than 2,000 displaced Ukrainians and provided them with housing, work and education.
Source: DN
