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ASEM Summit Meeting and Other Events: Second Day
July 15, 2016
Photograph of the photograph session (Pool Photo)
Photograph of the leaders observing a moment of silence for the victims of the incident in Nice, France, during the Opening Ceremony for the ASEM Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Opening Ceremony for the ASEM Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Prime Minister delivering a speech during a plenary session of the ASEM Summit Meeting (Pool Photo)
Photograph of the Prime Minister shaking hands with the Chancellor of Germany
Photograph of the Japan-Germany Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Prime Minister shaking hands with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Photograph of the Japan-Bangladesh Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Prime Minister shaking hands with the Premier of the State Council of China
Photograph of the Japan-China Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Japan-EU Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Japan-EU joint press announcement
Photograph of the special program for the Mongolian Nomadic Naadam festival
Photograph of the leaders observing a moment of silence for the victims of the incident in Nice, France, during the special program for the Mongolian Nomadic Naadam festival
Photograph of the Prime Minister shaking hands with the President of Viet Nam
Photograph of the Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Prime Minister receiving a courtesy call from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
[Provisional Translation]
On July 15 (local time), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is visiting Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia to attend the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and other events, attended the ASEM opening ceremony, followed by the first plenary session entitled “Two decades of partnership: taking stock and looking forward,” and then the second plenary session entitled “Promoting ASEM partnership for greater connectivity.” Afterwards, the Prime Minister attended a photograph session.
In addition, Prime Minister Abe held talks, respectively, with H.E. Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Dr. Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, and H.E. Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, together with H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. Afterwards, the Prime Minister attended a Japan-EU joint press announcement.
Following this, Prime Minister Abe attended the special program for the Mongolian Nomadic Naadam festival, held a talk with H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and then received a courtesy call from H.E. Mr. Perfecto Rivas Yasay, Jr., Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines.
