Japan Bank for International Cooperation President Tadashi Maeda, who has provided loans for oil and natural gas development projects in Russia, received a military invasion of Ukraine at a meeting on the 3rd and will provide loans for projects in Russia in the future. He showed the idea of reviewing.
Japan Bank for International Cooperation, a government-affiliated financial institution, has provided loans for oil and natural gas development projects in Russia in which Japanese companies have participated. We have a contract to finance up to 220 billion yen in Japanese yen for the LNG development project being promoted by.
Regarding this, Japan Bank for International Cooperation Governor Maeda said at a press conference on the 3rd, "I do not know what kind of judgment the business owner will make about the future, and Russia is also poised to take countermeasures against economic sanctions in Europe and the United States. Therefore, we are currently stopping lending and conducting confirmation work. "
On top of that, Governor Maeda said, "Russia's military invasion is a violent act that shakes the international order, and we must respond with the idea of restarting from scratch in the future." ..