(VOVworld) – Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says that Japan will give Iran 2.2 million USD to bolster nuclear safety and help Iran honor its historic nuclear deal with the West.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting in Tokyo on December 7 (Photo: AFP/VNA)

At a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday after a talk with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, Kishida said the two sides agreed their relations are improving in many areas including the implementation of the nuclear deal. Zarif hailed Japan’s constructive contributions to Iran’s implementation of the nuclear agreement.