HIROSHIMA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Hiroshima for talks with the G7 on Saturday (May 20), after winning long-sought access to advanced US fighter jets and training for Kyiv's pilots.
- he had previously been expected to appear by video - came after he welcomed a"historic" White House decision to allow Ukraine to get F-16 jets.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan insisted there was no about-turn in US policy but the decision was based on the"exigencies of the conflict". "We are going to do everything we can to support Ukraine in its defence of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and we are also going to proceed in a way that avoids World War III," he added.
"There is an opportunity for Zelenskyy to engage with these non-Western actors, to try to bolster support, or at least weaken what may be seen as ambivalence towards the conflict," Ian Lesser, vice president of the German Marshall Fund think-tank, told AFP.The Ukrainian leader, wearing his trademark olive-green hoodie, touched down at Hiroshima airport, arriving on a French state plane and greeted on the tarmac with a red carpet and a phalanx of officials.
The bloc said it would also address vulnerabilities in supply chains for"critical goods" like minerals, semiconductors and batteries.
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