Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Japan to personally participate in the G7 bloc summit in Hiroshima, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council secretary Oleksiy Danilov confirmed on Friday.
“will be there [na cimeira] very important issues have been decided and therefore the presence of our president is something absolutely essential to defend our interests and present clear proposals and arguments about the events taking place on the territory of our country,” said Danilov, quoted by Ukrainian television Suspilne .
The leader stressed that Zelensky “will be where the country needs him, in any part of the world, to solve stability problems”.advanced British public television BBC.
“Who would doubt that our president would be there [na cimeira do G7]Daniel asked.
Zelensky is expected to join a meeting via videoconference today where he will brief G7 leaders on battlefield conditions and encourage them to step up efforts to contain Moscow’s war effort.
Japanese government sources told the EFE news agency that Zelensky should arrive in Japan on Saturday to take part in a session devoted to the war in Ukraine on Sunday.
The Ukrainian head of state should also have bilateral meetings with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and with the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida.
If confirmed, it will be Zelensky’s first visit to Asia since the start of the Russian invasion.
G7 leaders today made a historic visit to the Museum and Peace Park in Hiroshima, the first city to be attacked with an atomic bomb, in a gesture aimed at sending a message against the use of nuclear weapons, defying rhetoric from Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was invited to the Hiroshima summit along with leaders from other major emerging economies.
The G7 countries, a group consisting of the United Kingdom, France, Japan, the United States, Germany, Canada and Italy – the EU also has a representation in the group – imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia last year.
US and EU announce new sanctions against Russia
However, the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom have announced new sanctions against Russia.
Washington will impose more than 300 new sanctions against “individuals, organizations, ships and aircraft” across Europe, the Middle East and Asia to prevent “about 70 entities in Russia and other countries from receiving goods exported from the US, by adding them to the Department of Commerce blacklist”.
The European Union will “restrict trade in Russian diamonds” as part of sanctions against Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel announced.
The UK has also announced new measures targeting the Russian mining sector, including trade in diamonds, copper, aluminum and nickel.
Source: DN
