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Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting


Thursday, October 19, 2006
Photograph of Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with Prime Minister Dung Photograph of the Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting
Photograph of the Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting (the signing ceremony) Photograph of the Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting (the joint press conference)


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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting with Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung, the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.

At the meeting, the two leaders agreed to further expand and strengthen their bilateral relations as strategic partners for peace and prosperity in the Asian region.

After the meeting, the two leaders held a signing ceremony for the Japan-Viet Nam Joint Statement and thereafter attended a joint press conference. Prime Minister Abe said, "We are both young prime ministers in our fifties and new to our offices. We pledged that it is our responsibility as leaders of our new administrations to further strengthen our favorable bilateral relations."