TOKYO -- Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to start negotiations on a security pact during a meeting in Kyiv on Saturday.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in Kyiv on Sept. 9. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
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