WASHINGTON: Five days prior to meeting North Korean chief Kim Jong-un, US President Donald Trump mentioned on Thursday the unprecedented summit was "all ready to go," as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House.
Trump and Abe have been to hold a joint press conference on the White House at about 2:00 pm (1800 GMT), prior to heading to Canada for what promises to be a nerve-racking Group of Seven summit clouded by the USA chief's competitive industry policies.
But prior to tackling the thorny industry factor, Trump expressed unbridled optimism about his June 12 tete-a-tete with Kim in Singapore.
"The summit is all ready to go," Trump mentioned, with Abe at his facet. "It's going to be much more than a photo op."
Since the primary inkling that a Trump-Kim summit may well be at the cards, Japan has repeatedly insisted that Washington bear in mind to not let its guard down with the nuclear-armed regime in Pyongyang.
And by coming to Washington to look Trump for the second one time in less than two months, Abe wants to you should definitely get his level across to the USA president, amid the intense diplomatic flurry over the way forward for the Korean peninsula.
Before leaving Tokyo, the Japanese chief emphasized that throughout his lightning discuss with to Washington, he hoped to "closely coordinate and agree" with Trump on an option to the North Korea factor.
He clearly defined what would wish to occur for the summit to be a good fortune: tangible progress on curbing the North's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, in addition to answers about Japanese nationals kidnapped by Pyongyang in the 1970s and 1980s.
During their ultimate meeting at Trump's Florida retreat in April, the USA president promised Abe to lift the politically sensitive abductions factor in any talks with Pyongyang.
But the topic is rarely a priority for the businessman-turned-president, whose strategy appears to be in constant flux.
Above all, Trump seems maximum enthused by the perception of being the primary sitting US chief to hold direct talks with a scion of the ruling Kim dynasty.
The intensifying international relations on North Korea has thus far left Abe because the abnormal guy out: Trump is getting ready to satisfy Kim, whilst Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korea's Moon Jae-in have every already observed the North's chief twice.
For Richard Armitage, a former senior diplomat throughout the administration of George Bush, Tokyo runs an excessively real risk of finding itself out in the chilly after the Trump-Kim talks.
"We should absolutely prevent decoupling - decoupling Japanese and US security," he advised AFP.
"This is and has been an aim of China and North Korea for a long time, and we can't allow this to happen. That would be falling into a terrible trap."
Trump and Abe thus far seem to have forged a kind of friendship, however even that bonhomie was printed to be restricted at their ultimate meeting.
On Thursday, it will once more be put to the check -- beyond North Korea, they are also supposed to discuss the arguable factor of tariffs, which Washington says have been put in place to protect American workers.
"I will stress that measures to restrict trade would not serve the interests of any country," Abe mentioned prior to heading to Washington.
Japan had hoped to convince the USA to protect it from recent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, and did not disguise its sour disappointment when those talks failed.
The govt in Tokyo warned of the "grave impact" that US tariffs can have on bilateral ties and the arena trading device.
"The US government's trade measures, citing its security, makes us concerned that they could disrupt the global market," govt spokesman Yoshihide Suga advised newshounds on Monday.
Trump and Abe have been to hold a joint press conference on the White House at about 2:00 pm (1800 GMT), prior to heading to Canada for what promises to be a nerve-racking Group of Seven summit clouded by the USA chief's competitive industry policies.
But prior to tackling the thorny industry factor, Trump expressed unbridled optimism about his June 12 tete-a-tete with Kim in Singapore.
"The summit is all ready to go," Trump mentioned, with Abe at his facet. "It's going to be much more than a photo op."
Since the primary inkling that a Trump-Kim summit may well be at the cards, Japan has repeatedly insisted that Washington bear in mind to not let its guard down with the nuclear-armed regime in Pyongyang.
And by coming to Washington to look Trump for the second one time in less than two months, Abe wants to you should definitely get his level across to the USA president, amid the intense diplomatic flurry over the way forward for the Korean peninsula.
Before leaving Tokyo, the Japanese chief emphasized that throughout his lightning discuss with to Washington, he hoped to "closely coordinate and agree" with Trump on an option to the North Korea factor.
He clearly defined what would wish to occur for the summit to be a good fortune: tangible progress on curbing the North's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, in addition to answers about Japanese nationals kidnapped by Pyongyang in the 1970s and 1980s.
During their ultimate meeting at Trump's Florida retreat in April, the USA president promised Abe to lift the politically sensitive abductions factor in any talks with Pyongyang.
But the topic is rarely a priority for the businessman-turned-president, whose strategy appears to be in constant flux.
Above all, Trump seems maximum enthused by the perception of being the primary sitting US chief to hold direct talks with a scion of the ruling Kim dynasty.
The intensifying international relations on North Korea has thus far left Abe because the abnormal guy out: Trump is getting ready to satisfy Kim, whilst Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korea's Moon Jae-in have every already observed the North's chief twice.
For Richard Armitage, a former senior diplomat throughout the administration of George Bush, Tokyo runs an excessively real risk of finding itself out in the chilly after the Trump-Kim talks.
"We should absolutely prevent decoupling - decoupling Japanese and US security," he advised AFP.
"This is and has been an aim of China and North Korea for a long time, and we can't allow this to happen. That would be falling into a terrible trap."
Trump and Abe thus far seem to have forged a kind of friendship, however even that bonhomie was printed to be restricted at their ultimate meeting.
On Thursday, it will once more be put to the check -- beyond North Korea, they are also supposed to discuss the arguable factor of tariffs, which Washington says have been put in place to protect American workers.
"I will stress that measures to restrict trade would not serve the interests of any country," Abe mentioned prior to heading to Washington.
Japan had hoped to convince the USA to protect it from recent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, and did not disguise its sour disappointment when those talks failed.
The govt in Tokyo warned of the "grave impact" that US tariffs can have on bilateral ties and the arena trading device.
"The US government's trade measures, citing its security, makes us concerned that they could disrupt the global market," govt spokesman Yoshihide Suga advised newshounds on Monday.
Trump says 'all ready' for Kim summit, as he hosts Japan PM
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