KYIV—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday he would join an upcoming Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Japan via an online link following an invitation from Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
He made the remark during a joint briefing in Kyiv with Kishida.
Kishida met Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Tuesday during a rare, unannounced visit by a Japanese leader.
Japan is due to host the G-7 summit in Kishida’s hometown of Hiroshima in May.
Kishida says the summit should demonstrate a strong will to uphold international order and rule of law in response to the Ukraine war.
The Japanese prime minister had been the only leader of the G-7 rich nations yet to visit Ukraine, which has seen an outpouring of popular support in Japan following the Russian invasion….