Japan’s Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa has made a courtesy name on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the nation’s capital Kyiv.
Hayashi is the primary Japanese overseas minister to go to Ukraine since Russia invaded the nation in February final yr.
After arriving on Saturday from Poland by practice, he traveled to Bucha, close to Kyiv, the place scores of civilians had been killed by Russian forces.
He supplied flowers at a cenotaph devoted to victims at a church the place they’re buried.
After assembly Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Hayashi laid flowers at an one other monument for the warfare lifeless with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, after which they walked to the overseas ministry constructing for a gathering.
Hayashi is believed to have relayed the intentions of Japan, as this yr’s Group of Seven chair, to guide worldwide discussions aimed toward sustaining and strengthening sanctions towards Russia and increasing help for Ukraine.
Hayashi can also be believed to have confirmed documentation of bilateral cooperation based mostly on a joint assertion on Ukraine’s safety that the G7 introduced in July.
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