Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed during a historic first visit to Ukraine on Saturday to spearhead a global drive to resolve the crisis threatening to splinter the ex-Soviet state.
Abe told Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko on the eve of a summit meeting of the world’s most economically advanced nations that he “resolutely” opposed a military solution to the conflict roiling the troubled country’s separatist east.
His visit coincided with a sharp escalation in fighting that claimed the life of one more government soldier overnight. “Japan, as a country that next year will chair the Group of Seven, will do everything possible …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
