WRITTEN MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER TAKAICHI FOR LEADERS MEETING OF THE COALITION OF THE WILLING ON UKRAINE (SUMMARY)

TOKYO, July 14 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information:

[Provisional Translation]

On July 13, Ms. TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, issued a written message for the "Leaders Meeting of the Coalition of the Willing on Ukraine," which was hosted by the Government of the French Republic.

The message content is as follows:

I would like to express our gratitude to President Macron and the other countries for their initiatives in organizing this meeting. I also express our respect for the efforts of all countries involved toward peace.

First of all, I would like to express our serious concern over the continuing loss of many civilian lives across Ukraine, including in the capital Kyiv, resulting from recent ...