Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made an unannounced visit to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Tuesday ahead of a Group of Seven summit he will host in May, vowing as he stood alongside President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to keep supporting the country in its struggle against Russia’s invasion.
After meeting with Zelenskyy, Kishida said at a joint press conference that he invited the president to participate online in the G-7 summit in Hiroshima while promising to supply $30 million worth of nonlethal equipment to Ukraine through a NATO fund.
In a joint statement, Kishida and Zelenskyy pledged not to leave unpunished any “war crimes and other atrocities” committed during the Russian invasion. They also confirmed their “unwavering solidarity” and demanded Moscow withdraw all forces from Ukraine “immediately and unconditionally.”
source kyodonews.com
