Japanese PM to have telephone conversation with president of Ukraine

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is arranging a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for later on June 9, a government source said, Report informs referring to Kyodo.

It would be their first talks since they met May 21 in Hiroshima, the closing day of the three-day Group of Seven summit, and comes days after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.

Zelenskyy made a surprise appearance at the G-7 summit, calling on the international community to continue supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia, which invaded the country in February 2022.

Japan has recently received two Ukrainian soldiers who were wounded in the war to provide them with medical care at the Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital in Tokyo.