A possible visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Kyiv has faced security concerns and difficulty keeping the itinerary and schedule of the trip under wraps.. This is reported by The Japan Times, citing a senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official..

The publication notes that Kishida wanted to visit Kyiv ideally in February, a year after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and no later than the G7 summit, which is scheduled to be held in May in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.. Kisida planned this visit to the summit, because support for Ukraine will be his main topic. However, as the publication notes, “this issue is a headache for the relevant officials.”.

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If the visit is scheduled, Kishida will travel to Kyiv by ground transportation after the flight, for example, to Poland on board a Japanese government aircraft. This worries his security service, because "

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The publication also notes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the United States in December, secretly taking a night train from Kyiv to Przemysl, and a US military plane was already waiting for him at the airport nearby.. However, it is very difficult for Kishida to make a secret trip, because usually the prime minister receives permission from parliament to travel abroad..

The security service of the Japanese prime minister also sees problems in the fact that aircraft emit identification signals during the flight, as well as in the fact that his guards have no legal grounds to perform tasks abroad..

Recall that in July last year, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated.. The killer shot Abe twice with a shotgun during Abe's speech in Nara city. The ex-premier was initially hospitalized, but a few hours later he died in the hospital.