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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, had a 30-minute telephone chat from 10 a.m. M. From the 31st. Prime Minister Abe, who expressed his appreciation for health reasons, said that even if a successor prime minister was named, the strengthening of the alliance between the United States and Japan would remain unchanged, and urged strengthening ties in various fields such as security policy.
According to NHK on the 31st, Prime Minister Abe relayed the background of his resignation as prime minister to President Trump on the same day and expressed his gratitude for the unprecedented strengthening of relations between the United States and Japan through the exchange of communications and telephone calls. under deep trust. He also said: “Reassurance that the successor prime minister has not changed the strengthening of the alliance between the United States and Japan.”
He said that the security environment surrounding Japan is becoming difficult, such as improving North Korea’s ballistic missile capabilities. It also said it would cooperate closely promoting new security strategies, including missile defense systems. They also requested support to solve North Korea’s kidnapping of Japanese.
President Trump responded, “I regret the resignation of Prime Minister Abe, my best friend,” and “I hope I can take good care of myself and regain my health.”
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a regular press conference that day, “the two leaders have built friendship and trust through numerous meetings.” “Today’s call was also to establish a strong bond between the two leaders.” The White House also issued a statement on behalf of a spokesperson: “President Trump has done a great job for Prime Minister Abe. He said that relations between the two countries were stronger than ever. “President Trump referred to Prime Minister Abe as the best prime minister in the history of Japan.”
President Trump tweeted that day that “I just had a wonderful conversation with my friend, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will be leaving soon.” He added: “Shinzo will soon be recognized as the best prime minister in the history of Japan, whose relationship with the United States has been the best of all.”
President Trump and Prime Minister Abe have officially made 37 phone calls so far. This is the first conference call since May 8. The face-to-face summit has been held 14 times over the three and a half years since President Trump took office in January 2017.
Both parties call each other by their names ‘Shinjo’ and ‘Donald’ and have built close relationships playing golf in the United States and Japan. Prime Minister Abe, Japan’s oldest prime minister, announced his resignation on the 28th due to recurrence of ulcerative colitis, a chronic disease.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu also made a phone call on the same day and agreed to strengthen the alliance between the United States and Japan even after the resignation of the Prime Minister Abe. It was decided to share and connect closely with the main problems of the international community.
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