2023 visit by Fumio Kishida to Ukraine

2023 visit by Fumio Kishida to Ukraine
	Prime Minister Kishida receiving greetings from President Zelenskyy.
Date	21 March 2023
Location	Kyiv and Bucha, Ukraine
Type	Diplomatic visit
Participants	Fumio Kishida; Volodymyr Zelenskyy;
Outcome	Non-lethal defense equipment assistance amounting to US$30 million.; Assistance including new bilateral grant aid amounting to US$470 million in the energy sector.; It was decided that President Zelenskyy to participate online to 49th G7 summit.; Agreed to upgrade the bilateral relations to the Special Global Partnership.; Agreed to start coordination for the conclusion of Japan–Ukraine Agreement on the Security of Information.;

On 21 March 2023, Fumio Kishida, the Prime Minister of Japan, visited Ukraine. This was the first visit to Ukraine by the Prime Minister since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

Out of security concerns, plans for visit had not been made public.

Kishida became the first Prime Minister of Japan to visit a battlefield since the end of World War II.^[2]

References

↑ "首相、ゼレンスキー氏と会談キーウ電撃訪問侵攻後初". 産経ニュース. 産業経済新聞社. 2023-03-22. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
↑ "岸田氏「戦後初めて戦地に」ウクライナ訪問で米メディア速報". 産経ニュース. 産業経済新聞社. 2023-03-21. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-22.