Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump agreed during phone talks to meet before a planned summit between the United States and North Korea, the Kyodo news agency reported citing Abe, APA reports quoting sputniknews.
During the conversation, the sides also agreed to cooperate to make the meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meaningful, according to the Kyodo news agency.
"We agreed to meet before the US-North Korea summit. I told him [Donald Trump] that it's absolutely necessary to resolve the issue," Abe told reporters.