BRUSSELS, Jan. 20, Kyodo

 

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier agreed Monday to closely cooperate in ensuring an early stabilization of the situation in Ukraine.

Kishida said he told Steinmeier in a meeting in Brussels that Japan "would like to cooperate (with Germany) toward peaceful settlement" of the crisis in Ukraine, and that Tokyo plans to extend additional financial assistance to Kiev.

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