Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Attend Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the G8 and Visit Ukraine

June 27, 2006

Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will visit Moscow (Russia) and Kyiv (Ukraine) from June 27 (Tue) to July 2 (Sun).
In Moscow (Russia), Mr. Aso will attend a Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the G8 on June 29 (Thu) and will have talks with key Russian officials and his G8 counterparts. In Kyiv, the foreign ministers of the two countries will hold the Japan-Ukraine Cooperation Committee Meeting. Mr. Aso will also have talks with key Ukrainian political leaders.

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