18-06-2025
Japan PM Ishiba pledges continued support for Ukraine to achieve peace
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Japan will continue to support Ukraine to help it achieve a fair and lasting peace.
Ishiba held his first face-to-face talks with Zelenskyy in Canada on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit. The talks lasted about 30 minutes.
Ishiba said a fair and lasting peace should come to Ukraine as soon as possible, and pledged efforts to push forward measures to achieve it in close cooperation with the G7 countries.
Ishiba told Zelenskyy that his country will continue its support for Ukraine, which is worth more than 12 billion dollars in total at the moment.
In support of Ukraine's reconstruction, Ishiba added Japan will host an international conference on the handling of anti-personnel land mines in October.
Zelenskyy told Ishiba that Ukraine came under Russian attacks on the previous night. The strikes destroyed a number of kinds of Ukrainian infrastructure. He thanked Japan for the support it has so far provided.
The two leaders agreed to closely work together to deal with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and to strengthen ties between Japan and Ukraine.
