Given the increasing burden on Poland due to Russia’s long-standing aggression against Ukraine, I informed the Prime Minister that we have decided to treat Poland in a special way as a recipient of official development assistance, Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida said after the meeting with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Poland is a recipient of Official Development Assistance
The head of the Japanese government, who is in Warsaw on Wednesday, pointed out that Russian aggression against Ukraine has been going on for a year and expressed his gratitude and respect for Poland, which acts as a hub that provides military and humanitarian support to Ukraine, standing in the front line.
Due to the increasing burden on Poland as a result of Russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine, I have informed the Prime Minister that we have decided to treat Poland in a special way as a recipient of ODA, even though Poland is already developing economically and it is not classified as a country receiving aid. We want to gradually increase the number of projects
That is what Prime Minister Kishida has said.
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Support for Ukraine
In order to end Russian aggression against Ukraine as soon as possible, he says it is important that like-minded countries, including Poland, remain united and continue to impose heavy sanctions on Russia and support Ukraine.
Kishida also drew attention to his Tuesday visit to Kiev, where he declared Japan’s and G7’s solidarity with Ukraine.
As this year’s G7 president, Japan will continue to work with Poland and show the entire international community and leadership to support Ukraine
said the Japanese prime minister.
He also reported that the conversation with Prime Minister Morawiecki confirmed the further strengthening of the strategic partnership between Poland and Japan in many areas, including security, economy and energy.
Deepening cooperation in many areas
In the field of security, we agreed to further deepen cooperation in many areas such as hardware, cyberspace, aerospace and telecommunications on the basis of the Defense Cooperation Memorandum signed in February 2022
said the Prime Minister of Japan.
Kishida also pointed out that there are currently more than 350 Japanese companies operating in Poland, mainly from the manufacturing industry, and emphasized that Japan wants to further strengthen cooperation in new areas. He pointed to high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, clean coal and hydrogen technologies.
Kishida announced that Japan would deepen cooperation with the Visegrad group, the Three Seas Initiative and the Bucharest Nine.
I would like my visit to Poland to be an opportunity to further develop relations between Japan and Poland
Kishida said.
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Source: wPolityce