The Defense Ministry of Ukraine is ready to expand cooperation with the Defense Ministry of Japan in 2018, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said.
“We are ready to expand our cooperation in various areas and step up interagency cooperation. Japan is a friend of our country, and the Ukrainian defense ministry is ready to cooperate with colleagues from the Defense Ministry of Japan,” the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry quoted Poltorak as saying after a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Shigeki Sumi on December 21.
According to him, there are all opportunities to improve relations and call next year “the year of dynamics of improving bilateral relations in the military sphere.”
