Tokyo: Dignitaries from a total of 217 countries, regions and international organizations will attend the state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, slated to be held in Tokyo on Tuesday, the Japanese government said Thursday.

The number of foreign attendees at the state funeral will reach around 700, the government said.

Amid the war in Ukraine, Russia will send Mikhail Shvydkoy, special representative of the Russian president on international cultural cooperation.

According to the Foreign Ministry, the Japanese government accepted Shvydkoy’s willingness to attend the funeral as he has been working in the cultural field for many years.

Meanwhile, the government has not received a response from China on whether it will send a representative to the funeral.

Participants from the Group of Seven major countries will include U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Among those from Japan’s neighbors will be South Korean Prime Minister Han Duk-soo and Su Jia-chyuan, former president of Taiwan’s parliament.

On the sidelines of the state funeral, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to hold talks with leaders from over 30 countries in three days from Monday.

JIJI Press