Japan-U.S. Leaders confirm phone talks over North Korea and Middle East situation

Japan-U.S. Leaders confirm phone talks over North Korea and Middle East situation December 22 5:17

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Prime Minister Abe talked with President Trump on the night of the United States on the night of the 21st, agreeing to continue working closely in light of the growing provocativeness of North Korea. He also explained the contents of the talks with Iran's President Lohani and expressed his intention to continue diplomatic efforts.

Prime Minister Abe held a telephone talk with President Trump of the United States for about one and a half hours at about 10:30 a.m.

In a meeting held at the request of President Trump, the two leaders spent a lot of time in light of North Korea's increasingly provocative attitude toward the end of the year, a deadline for denuclearization negotiations with the United States. In addition to analyzing the latest situation, we made detailed arrangements for future policies.

Prime Minister Abe criticized North Korea's dangerous provocation, and said that he continued to fully support the U.S.-Korea process, and the two leaders worked toward solving the abduction, nuclear and missile issues. We agreed to work more closely together.

In addition, Prime Minister Abe explained the contents of a meeting with Iran's President Rohani, who had attended the meeting, and continued his diplomatic efforts while continuing to work closely with the United States to ease tensions and stabilize the situation in the Middle East. I told my thoughts.

Furthermore, Prime Minister Abe explained that a new trade agreement between the United States and Japan agreed on earlier was approved by the Diet, and confirmed that further cooperation would be continued in the future.

After the meeting ended, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters, to attend the summit meeting of the South Korea three countries during the day, on which was leaving for tomorrow China, performs a summit meeting as "Xi Jinping Jintao, and, Through the summit between Japan, China and Korea, I would like to confirm that we will discuss and work together for peace and stability in the region. "