Japan to use Ukraine's experience in dealing with consequences of Fukushima disaster
KYIV. Sept 5 (Interfax) - Japan intends to study Ukraine's experience in liquidating the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, Takahiro Yokomiti, speaker of the House of Representatives of the Japanese parliament, said.
At a briefing following a meeting with Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn in Kyiv on Monday, Yokomiti said a Japanese parliamentary delegation plans to visit Chernobyl to see the situation in the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant with their own eyes and "use the experience of Ukraine in our work to liquidate the consequences of the Fukushima disaster."
Yokomiti thanked the people of Ukraine, who "came to assist the people of Japan after a big earthquake and tsunami."
"The people of Ukraine have supported the people of Japan, both with words and money," Yokomiti said.
Yokomiti said his meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart had addressed the statement made at the end of Viktor Yanukovych's visit to Ukraine on the development of investment.
Yokomiti said the Japanese Association of Business Organizations plans to visit Ukraine to discuss proposals on investment development.
The parties have already discussed the possible areas of cooperation in the energy sector and in the agro-industrial sector, he said.