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The Prime Minister in Action
Meeting with Families of Abductees and Others
May 28, 2018
Photograph of the Prime Minister delivering an address
Photograph of the Prime Minister delivering an address
[Provisional Translation]
On May 28, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting with families of abductees and others at the Prime Minister's Office.
The Prime Minister said in his opening address,
“Thank you for taking the time to visit the Prime Minister’s Office today on such a short-noticed invitation.
I am sure you must all be very concerned in light of the various reports in the media, such as that the U.S.-North Korea summit meeting scheduled for June 12 has been canceled or that it is scheduled to be held once again. You may also be concerned about whether or not President Trump will indeed surely raise the abduction issue when the summit meeting is actually held. Therefore, despite such a short-noticed invitation, I asked you all to come here today so that I could directly explain to you the current status of the situation. Based on my meeting with you all, I am supposed to hold a Japan-U.S. Summit Telephone Talk soon. In that meeting I intend to emphasize once again the importance of achieving the early resolution of the abduction issue.”
