Ivan Zakharchenko. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko considers the possibility of a visit to Japan in 2015, said in an interview to the Japanese Agency Kyodo Ukrainian foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.

"I wish that before the end of the year visit to Japan took place ", - quotes Klimkin Agency.

in early summer it is expected the visit to Ukraine of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, after which a conclusion will be made about the timing and agenda of the visit Poroshenko in Tokyo.

According to Klimkin, Ukraine wants to develop relations with Japan, as well as the interaction among them by the destruction of the consequences of accidents at Chernobyl and at the station "Fukushima-1" as well as economic interaction.

According to Kyodo, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine also said that Kiev needs the solidarity of Japan in resisting Russian aggression ".

The Agency emphasizes that this year, Japan also wanted to host a visit of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and try to make progress in obgovarivaya territorial issue concerning the Southern Kuriles. In Russia, As suggested by Kyodo, dissatisfied with the visit of Abe to Ukraine, and if Poroshenko will visit Japan Earlier Putin, it will cause irritation of the capital of Russia and the visit of the President of the Russian Federation has the opportunity to be postponed.

"Japan is forced to make a difficult decision," - emphasizes.

previously, Japan and the European Union summit in Tokyo issued a message urging to perform Minsk consensus on Ukraine and promised to never recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia.

Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the 16 March 2014 referendum in which the overwhelming majority of voters voted for reunification with Russia. In the Russian capital said that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter. Kiev still considers Crimea as part of Ukraine.

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