“The Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, announced that Tokyo will give Kyiv another $3 billion in credit secured by revenues from frozen Russian assets. On December 25, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced this in Telegram after a telephone conversation with Ishiba. “I am grateful for the decision of the Japanese government to transfer to Ukraine another 3 billion dollars, secured by frozen Russian assets, and for additional assistance for energy”, — write on: ua.news
Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba announced that Tokyo will give Kyiv another $3 billion in credit secured by the proceeds from frozen Russian assets.
On December 25, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced this in Telegram after a telephone conversation with Ishiba.
“I am grateful for the decision of the Japanese government to transfer to Ukraine another 3 billion dollars secured by frozen Russian assets, and for additional assistance for energy equipment and the construction of shelters,” he wrote.
Zelensky congratulated Shigeru Ishiba on his election as the head of the Japanese government and thanked him for the general aid to the state in the total amount of $12 billion.
“I told Prime Minister Ishibi about Russia’s massive shelling of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Christmas night and thanked Japan for its willingness to work to achieve a just and lasting peace as soon as possible,” the president said.
At the same time, Zelenskyi and Ishiba agreed to meet to continue the dialogue.
Earlier, Ukraine received 235 million dollars. preferential financing from the Japanese government for World Bank projects to support education and the private sector.
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) handed over 97 units of heavy equipment to municipal enterprises of the cities of Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kherson and Mykolaiv.
We will also remind you that Ukraine and Japan have agreed to start negotiations on a bilateral agreement on security guarantees.
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