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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he had constructive talks with US President Donald Trump in New York on Sunday after the second round of trade talks between the two countries this week.
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump listens to a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2018. REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque
He told reporters in New York that they were talking about trade and investment and reaffirmed their commitment to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.
"I will continue trade discussions with him at our summit after the meeting of the Minister of Economy Motegi and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer," Abe said at a press conference on NHK in Japan .
Abe and Trump will hold a summit Wednesday on the sidelines of a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, the spokesman for the Japanese government said on Friday.
In preparation for the summit, key trade negotiators from both countries – Japan's economy minister Toshimitsu Motegi and US trade representative Robert Lighthizer – will hold their second round of trade talks on Monday.
Trump had tweeted, "Go to New York. Will be with Prime Minister Abe of Japan tonight, speaking military and trade. We have done a lot to help Japan, would like to see more reciprocal relations. Everything will work! "
Abe said that the United States and Japan would remain in close contact with North Korea and that he relayed to Trump a message from families of Japanese abducted decades ago by North Korea.
Report by Ayai Tomisawa; Edited by Sam Holmes
