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Abe: 'Full support' from Trump for meeting with Kim
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he had won the backing of US President Donald Trump for a proposed gathering with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.
"I believe I need to meet eye to eye with Chairman Kim without appending any preconditions and trade blunt perspectives with him," Abe told a joint news conference with Trump following their summit in Tokyo.
"President Trump... said he will give full help required for that," the head said.
Abe has said that an up close and personal gathering with Kim is the best way to understand the intense subject matter of Japanese individuals who Tokyo accepts were kidnapped by Pyongyang, yet Kim has so far indicated little enthusiasm for a summit.
Japan associates handfuls with individuals who are as yet missing were stole by North Korean operators during the 1980s to prepare their own government operatives in the Japanese language and culture.
Abe recognized he had "no particular arrangement" to meet the North Korean leader.
"In any case, there is no adjustment in Japan's approach that we will look to determine the issue of kidnapping, atomic and rockets thoroughly and to settle the tragic past to standardize" strategic ties, he included.
Following their summit, Trump and Abe met groups of abductees.
"It's especially at the forefront of my thoughts," Trump let them know.
"I can likewise disclose to you that it is the PM's essential objective," he stated, vowing to cooperate with Abe to bring their relatives home.
As far as it matters for him, Abe stated: "I am persuaded that President Trump has been bending over backward."
Abe, seen as an outside approach peddle, has as of late diminished his talk towards Pyongyang, requiring a summit with Kim to determine the enthusiastic line.
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