KYIV: Japan will urge the United States and European countries to continue their support for Ukraine, which is fighting the Russian invasion, Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko said Sunday.

“I want to strongly call for continuing powerful support and demonstrating the unity among like-minded countries including the Group of Seven major powers,” Kamikawa told reporters in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

After her visit to Ukraine, Kamikawa is set to make a tour of eight countries until Jan. 18 including Finland, Sweden, the United States, Germany and Turkiye.

Earlier on Sunday, Kamikawa met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and promised to cooperate to realize his 10-point peace formula.

Specifically, Japan will co-chair the working group on radiation and nuclear safety envisioned in the peace plan, according to Kamikawa.

“We will further strengthen our contribution to realize peace in Ukraine,” she said.

Kamikawa also had a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and talked about a bilateral meeting for economic reconstruction of Ukraine that will be held in Tokyo in February.

She vowed efforts to ensure that at least 10 cooperation pacts involving the private sector are signed during the meeting.

“We want to strongly demonstrate the attitude of Japan’s public and private sectors working for (Ukraine’s) restoration and reconstruction to people in Japan and abroad,” she said.

JIJI Press