Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Warsaw the day after Kishida paid a surprise visit to Kyiv and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Bearing in mind the increasing burden on Poland due to the prolonged invasion of Ukraine," Kishida said Japan would offer Poland assistance to support its role and is looking to “vigorously build up” projects.
He indicated that Japan usually provides the kind of aid promised to develop countries, which Poland does not promise, but that the Japanese government makes a special exception.
During a joint press conference with Kishida, Morawiecki noted that at a time when a "new geopolitical order" was emerging, both countries understood "the threat to world peace from Russian imperialism".
Poland provided military, humanitarian, and political support to Ukraine during the war that began 13 months ago.
Kishida, who is preparing to chair the G7 summit in May, mentioned that Japan will stress the need for continued cooperation with Poland and international support for Ukraine.
After talks with Morawiecki exceeding the planned 30 minutes, Kishida also stated that Tokyo is interested in building closer ties with regional alliances in central and eastern Europe, such as the nine NATO eastern flank members, the Visegrad Group that includes Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, and countries participating in the Three Seas economic initiative.
Kishida later met with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
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