Prime Minister Kishida attends a dinner hosted by U.S. President Biden and Dr. Biden (Summary)

[Provisional Translation]

On July 10th, commencing at 7:30 p.m. (local time, 8:30 a.m., on July 11th, Japan time) for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, Mr. KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, attended a dinner hosted by the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States of America, and Dr. Jill Biden, while visiting the United States to attend the NATO Summit. The overview of the dinner is as follows.

1. Prime Minister Kishida expressed his gratitude to President Biden and Dr. Biden for their invitation to the dinner and expressed his respect for efforts made by the United States as the host country of the NATO Summit. Prime Minister Kishida also expressed his gratitude for their warm hospitality during his official visit to the U.S. in April, and stated that he was pleased to meet them again. In response, President Biden and Dr. Biden said that it was such a wonderful visit this April and that they were glad to see each other again.
2. During the dinner, Prime Minister Kishida met with the leaders and others including Albania, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Ukraine, Iceland, Australia, Montenegro, Sweden, New Zealand, Norway to exchange views.