President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the work of the Conference on Ukraine's Economic Growth and Recovery, which started in Japan.

"This is our intergovernmental work at the level of governments. The Ukrainian delegation headed by Denys Shmyhal is currently in Japan. The talks are very substantive. There are already dozens of agreements that will strengthen us and our cooperation," he said in a video address on Monday.

"We have been preparing for this conference for quite a while, and I am grateful to Mr. Prime Minister Kishida for the fact that our work is very effective, as planned," he said.

According to Zelenskyy, "the stronger our economic capabilities are, the greater the solidarity with Ukraine is, the sooner Putin's evil will be defeated by our joint efforts."