JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE TO BE THE FIRST FOREIGN HEAD TO MEET THE POTUS TRUMP AFTER WINNING THE ELECTION

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday he wants to build a relationship of trust when he meets U.S. President-elect Donald Trump this week, stressing that the two-way alliance is the core of Tokyo’s diplomacy and security.

Abe, set to meet Trump later on Thursday in New York, is expected to be the first foreign leader to do so since the U.S. real estate magnate’s election on Nov. 8.
The U.S.-Japan alliance “is the cornerstone of Japan’s diplomacy and security. Only when there is trust does an alliance come alive,” Abe told reporters before leaving Tokyo, Kyodo news agency reported.

Trump aide Kellyanne Conway said on Thursday the meeting would likely be “much more informal,” given that Trump does not take over the White House from Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama until Jan. 20.
“Any deeper conversations about policy and the relationship between Japan and the United States will have to wait until after the inauguration,” she said, speaking on the CBS “This Morning” television program.
Details about the meeting remained unclear, with Trump’s transition team not responding to requests for comment. The meeting is expected later Thursday after Abe arrives in the United States.

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