HIROSHIMA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Hiroshima to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Sunday, Japan's foreign ministry announced on Saturday (May 20). He will also hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his stay. Zele
HIROSHIMA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Hiroshima to attend the Group of Seven summit on Sunday, Japan's foreign ministry announced on Saturday .Zelenskyy is expected to arrive in Hiroshima, the site of the world's first atomic attack in western Japan, later on Saturday.
Those leaders also provided Kyiv with key breakthroughs, as they agreed new sanctions against Russia and US President Joe Biden said Washington will supportZelensky hailed the move as"historic", adding that he looked forward to"discussing the practical implementation". "It's a safe bet that President Biden will meet him," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said, without offering details on when the talks would happen.Sullivan noted that Biden had endorsed training the Ukrainian military to fly F-16 fighter jets and other aircraft, adding that weapons assistance to Ukraine was changing as the conflict changed.
The trip will also give Zelenskyy an opportunity to win over powerful unaligned nations joining the summit, including Brazil and India.
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