Japan Says India Denied Permission for Military Plane to Collect Ukraine Aid

Japan Says India Denied Permission for Military Plane to Collect Ukraine Aid
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft sits on the tarmac at Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport, near Nuku'alofa, on Jan. 22, 2022, to deliver aid after an undersea volcano eruption. Japan Joint Staff Office via AP
|Updated:

Japan will reconsider its plan to transport humanitarian aid to Ukraine, a government official said April 21, after India refused to allow its military plane to pick up aid supplies in Mumbai.

“The government will consider various possible support, but nothing specific has been decided at the moment,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.