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Visit to Europe: Third Day & ASEM Summit Meeting: First Day
October 18, 2018
Photograph of the opening ceremony of the ASEM Summit
Photograph of the opening ceremony of the ASEM Summit
Photograph of the Prime Minister visiting the “Jomon – Birth of art in prehistoric Japan” exhibit
Photograph of the Prime Minister visiting the “Jomon – Birth of art in prehistoric Japan” exhibit
Photograph of the Prime Minister receiving a courtesy call from the Director-General of UNESCO
Photograph of the Prime Minister receiving a courtesy call from the Director-General of UNESCO
Photograph of the Prime Minister visiting Belgium
Photograph of the Prime Minister shaking hands with the Prime Minister of Slovakia
Photograph of the V4 plus Japan Summit Meeting
Photograph of the V4 plus Japan Summit Meeting
Photograph of the V4 plus Japan Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Prime Minister shaking hands with the President of the European Commission
Photograph of the Japan-EU Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Japan-EU Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Prime Minister shaking hands with the Chancellor of Germany
Photograph of the Japan-Germany Summit Meeting
Photograph of the opening ceremony of the ASEM Summit
Photograph of the opening ceremony of the ASEM Summit
Photograph of the opening ceremony of the ASEM Summit
On October 18, 2018 (local time), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is visiting Paris in the French Republic, visited the “Jomon – Birth of art in prehistoric Japan” exhibit of Japonismes 2018. Afterwards, the Prime Minister received a courtesy call from H.E. Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In the afternoon, Prime Minister Abe visited Brussels in the Kingdom of Belgium and held a summit meeting with H.E. Mr. Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, H.E. Mr. Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, H.E. Mr. Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, and H.E. Mr. Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, followed by a summit meeting with H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. Afterwards, the Prime Minister held a summit meeting with H.E. Dr. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
In the evening, Prime Minister Abe attended the opening ceremony of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit Meeting.