NEW YORK, Sept 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Sunday
flew to New York ahead of this week’s gathering of world leaders at the
United Nations, where he met with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the
evening.
“Going to New York. Will be with Prime Minister Abe of Japan tonight,
talking Military and Trade. We have done much to help Japan, would like to
see more of a reciprocal relationship. It will all work out!” he tweeted
before his helicopter landed in Wall Street at around 5:45 pm (2145 GMT).
Following dinner with Trump at the president’s New York tower, Abe told
reporters the pair discussed North Korea and its abduction of Japanese
citizens, along with US-Japan and international trade, “in a warm atmosphere
as usual.”
“On the North Korean issue, we agreed to further boost the momentum
created at the historic US-North Korea summit in June and cooperate closely
and firmly in realising the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula,” Abe
said.
North Korea and Iran are set to dominate the UN General Assembly, where
Trump will be in the spotlight as he continues to upend global diplomacy.
After warming up to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and ditching the Iran
nuclear deal, the unpredictable Trump takes the podium on Tuesday to face
foes and increasingly uneasy allies.
On Wednesday, he will for the first time chair a Security Council meeting
on non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction that will focus heavily
on Iran — likely triggering a clash with other big powers.