Japan is arranging to shoulder $3.3 billion in loans to Ukraine as part of support to be provided by Group of Seven members utilizing interest from Russian sovereign assets frozen as part of their sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor.
Diplomatic sources told this to Kyodo on Tuesday, Ukrinform reports.
According to the sources, the G7 members have been coordinating how to disburse the aid after their leaders agreed during their summit in Italy in June to provide $50 billion in total to support Ukraine, which has been under invasion by Russia since February 2022.
The United States and the European Union are each expected to shoulder $20 billion, while Japan, Britain and Canada are set to share the remaining $10 billion, the sources said. The G7 is aiming to begin the project by the end of this year.
France, Germany and Italy are unlikely to participate in the lending program for the time being as the European Union already has a similar support plan, the sources said.
The G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs are poised to discuss the issue when they gather in Rio de Janeiro later this month on the sidelines of a meeting with their counterparts from the Group of 20 economies, the sources said.
乌克兰通讯社援引外交消息人士周二报道，日本正安排向乌克兰提供 33 亿美元贷款，作为七国集团成员国提供援助的一部分，援助将利用俄罗斯因莫斯科入侵邻国而受到制裁而冻结的主权资产的利息。
据消息人士称，七国集团成员国一直在协调如何发放援助，此前他们的领导人在 6 月的意大利峰会上同意提供总计 500 亿美元来支持乌克兰。自 2022 年 2 月以来，乌克兰一直受到俄罗斯的入侵。
消息人士称，美国和欧盟预计将各自承担 200 亿美元，而日本、英国和加拿大将分担剩余的 100 亿美元。七国集团计划在今年年底前启动该项目。
消息人士称，法国、德国和意大利暂时不太可能参与该贷款计划，因为欧盟已经有了类似的支持计划。
消息人士称，七国集团财政部长和央行行长将于本月晚些时候在里约热内卢与二十国集团财政部长和央行行长举行会议期间讨论这一问题。
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