Japan refused to have Chinese Ambassador Kong Xuan meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to say goodbye before the diplomat returns to China. It has been reported Kyodo.
According to the agency, the Chinese diplomat wanted to meet with the Japanese prime minister, but was denied, explaining this because of Kishida’s busy schedule.
According to Kyodo, this is not typical, as often the heads of government of Japan always hold farewell meetings with ambassadors. At the same time, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met with the outgoing Chinese ambassador.
Former Prime Minister of Japan reached He went to Kiev to meet with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. As Kyodo points out, Kishida’s visit to Ukraine was kept secret until she arrived. The head of the Japanese government was the only leader of the G7 countries who had not yet visited Ukraine after the start of the Russian special military operation.