Bohdan Drapiatyi met with Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Yasushi Hosaka
The meeting was held as part of a working visit of the Ukrainian delegation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Economy to the Kingdom of Cambodia and Japan at the invitation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
At the beginning of the meeting, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Yasushi Hosakaemphasized that the issue of demining is very important because it directly affects people's lives.
"We are interested in Ukraine gaining the knowledge and experience in demining that Japan has. We fully support Ukraine and will continue to do so. We are also going to make every effort to help you with demining issues. Also, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Matsuda Kuninoriis currently co-chairing the sectoral working group on humanitarian demining. Thanks to this participation, we have detailed information about Ukraine's needs and can therefore respond more thoroughly to your requests. We are ready to continue to support Ukraine. And not only in demining, Japan is ready to provide all necessary assistance in other areas of need," said Yasushi Hosaka, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
In his turn, Bohdan Drapiatyi thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the entire Government of Japan for their continued support of Ukraine and long-term cooperation plans.
"Japan's role and importance in providing demining assistance to Ukraine is leading and strategic. Japan has supported at all levels the 10-point peace formula proposed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At least four of the points are directly related to humanitarian demining, namely radiation and nuclear safety, countering ecocide, food security, and energy security. Japan is helping Ukraine not in words but in deeds. On our part, I can assure that every piece of machinery, equipment, and gear is used by explosive ordnance disposal specialists of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine every day during demining operations. More than 780,000 explosive devices have already been detected and neutralized by the sappers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system. We understand that this number will continue to grow, so assistance in strengthening Ukraine's mine action capabilities is invaluable," summarized Bohdan Drapiatyi.
Department of Communication of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
