Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha: “I was glad to speak with my Japanese counterpart Yoko Kamikawa and thank Japan for standing with Ukraine. We rely on ongoing support, particularly to strengthen our energy resilience. We appreciate the role of the Japanese government and private sector in Ukraine's recovery.

We both noted the importance of the International Criminal Court’s efforts to ensure comprehensive accountability for Russian crimes. We agreed that all Rome Statute signatories must avoid actions that might call the ICC's effectiveness into question or undermine its authority.

We continue to work on the implementation of the Agreement on Support for Ukraine and Cooperation between Ukraine and the Government of Japan, signed by the leaders of our countries in June. Japan became the first non-EU and NATO country with which Ukraine signed a bilateral security document.

I thanked Japan for organizing and holding the Japan-Ukraine Conference on Economic Recovery and Reconstruction of Ukraine in Tokyo and a separate bilateral roundtable in the framework of the URC-2024 in Berlin. During these events alone, a total of 79 bilateral documents were signed at the level of governments and businesses of the two countries. 

Ukraine counts on Japan's active role in Ukraine's recovery and the successful implementation of the launched bilateral projects”.