President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has already met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Italian Prime Minister George Meloni in Japan. Zelensky himself announced this in his Telegram channel..

President thanks Rishi Sunaka for UK leadership in international fighter coalition. The parties discussed the further implementation of the agreements between Britain and Ukraine, which the countries reached during the meeting between Zelensky and Sunak on May 14.

“We talked about the development of bilateral relations between Ukraine and the UK and coordinated our positions on the eve of participation in the G7 summit,” the President added..

Based on the results from Meloni, the President noted that it is important to continue the dialogue between Ukraine and Italy on bilateral relations.

“We discussed Italy’s defense and political support for Ukraine and the first results of a visit to Italy on May 13. It is necessary to improve the capabilities of air defense, including the training of our pilots. We coordinated our positions on the eve of participation in the summit of the G7 countries,” the President noted.

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On the morning of May 20, President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Japan, where he is to take part in the G7 summit.. This is the first visit of President Volodymyr Zelensky to Asia since the start of a full-scale war..

The day before, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would take part in the G7 summit in Japan.. However, later information appeared on the NSDC website that Zelensky would meet with the G7 leaders in an online format.. Probably, we are talking about different measures, because the Japanese government previously reported that the Ukrainian president should take part in the Sunday discussions..