Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said that his government will consider Tokyo’s possible participation in providing security guarantees for Ukraine.
That is according to Kyodo News, Ukrinform reports.
“We will play our role appropriately by considering what we can and should do within our legal framework and capabilities,” Ishiba said, commenting on NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s statement that Japan is among some 30 nations that have been collaborating on ways to potentially provide security guarantees to Ukraine to deter any future Russian aggression.
“At this point, we cannot say specifically what we are going to do,” he said.
Ishiba praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to bring peace to Ukraine by holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as European leaders who threw support behind him on Monday.
“What is important is to achieve an early cease-fire and a just peace,” Ishiba said, underscoring the need to stop innocent Ukrainian and Russian people from falling victim to the war.
Japan’s war-renouncing Constitution only permits the use of force for its own self-defense, putting restrictions on what the country can do overseas. Its Self-Defense Forces have engaged in peacekeeping and anti-piracy missions abroad.
Zelensky said Ukraine was already working on specific elements of security guarantees following talks in Washington with the U.S. president and European leaders.
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Source: Japan to consider role in security guarantees for Ukraine – PM
