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On February 28, 2019, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence.
 
With respect to the summit telephone talk with the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, the Prime Minister said,
 
 “I just held a summit talk with President Trump over the phone, and received a report on the outcome of the second U.S.-North Korea Summit Meeting. With his strong determination to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump decided he would not make any concession easily and at the same time continue constructive discussions and urge North Korea to take concrete actions. Japan fully supports that decision. As for the abductions issue, which is important for Japan, President Trump told me that he conveyed my outlook on the abductions issue to Chairman Kim Jong-Un at last night’s tête-à-tête (one-on-one meeting) with interpreters present. While I will refrain from explaining the details here, I was told that at the dinner following that meeting, President Trump again raised the abductions issue. The two leaders held a serious discussion on that matter.
I am determined that, next, I myself would have to meet face-to-face with Chairman Kim Jong-Un. I want Japan and the U.S. to continue to act in steady and close cooperation towards the resolution of a series of issues, namely the abductions issue, and the nuclear and missile issues.”