Trump praises Takaichi before planned meeting with Xi
US President Donald Trump praised his relationship with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during talks in New York, days before his planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The encounter took place as relations between Beijing and Tokyo remained strained, while both leaders spoke of closer ties.
US President Donald Trump praised his relationship with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a meeting in New York on Tuesday, days before he is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. The talks took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. They came as relations between Beijing and Tokyo showed no signs of improving, according to the South China Morning Post.
Trump praised Takaichi, saying she was doing a “tremendous job”, while highlighting the strength of their relationship. The supplied report does not provide further details of his remarks. Takaichi also described the relationship between Japan and the United States positively.
She said the two countries looked forward to deepening their ties. The meeting placed the US-Japan relationship alongside Trump’s forthcoming discussions with Xi. The source material says Trump was due to meet the Chinese president in the United States, but does not provide details of the agenda or expected outcomes.
It also gives no indication that the New York talks produced any change in relations between Beijing and Tokyo.
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