Japan: Abe 'fully supports' Trump's decision at N. Korea summit

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Abe 'fully supports' Trump's decision at N. Korea summit
The Japan News          March 1, 2019

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "fully supports" the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to walk away from talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam, a move that resulted in the summit meeting ending abruptly Thursday without a deal.

Abe and Trump spoke for about 10 minutes by telephone Thursday evening while the U.S. president was returning to the United States. Trump briefed Abe on the developments of the second U.S.-North Korea summit.

Later that evening, Abe said to reporters at his official residence, "I fully support President Trump's decision not to make concessions easily and, at the same time, to continue constructive talks to urge North Korea to take concrete steps [toward denucle-arization]."

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