Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy and Japan’s international cooperation agency JICA plan to strengthen cooperation in the supply of equipment for rapid repairs and mobile solutions to strengthen the energy resilience of frontline regions. This was discussed during a meeting between Ukrainian Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk and JICA Chief Representative in Ukraine Osamu Hattori on Wednesday.
‘I am pleased to welcome Osamu Hattori, Chief Representative of the JICA Office in Ukraine, to the ministry. This is Mr. Osamu’s first visit since his appointment. Therefore, we updated the current areas of cooperation with JICA and identified priorities,’ Hrynchuk wrote on her Facebook page.
She informed her colleague about the agreements reached with Kenji Yamada, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, during her participation in the G7 Energy Ministers’ Summit in Toronto.
‘We discussed vectors for joint work with JICA in this context,’ she noted.
The possibilities for cooperation with Japanese energy companies and Ukraine’s use of Japanese technologies for the development of the energy sector were also discussed.
The minister thanked Japan in particular for supporting Ukraine’s energy sector with equipment, specialised machinery and gabions.
