Japan PM Shinzo Abe to visit US next month

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said that he would be meeting with United States President Donald Trump next month.

In a telephone call with President Trump on Friday, Abe hailed the "change" in North Korea's stance saying such a dialogue with the US will lead to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

"I agreed with President Trump that this development (proposed US-North Korea talks) is the result of Japan, the US and South Korea, together with the international community, has continued to put a high level of pressure on North Korea," Abe



was quoted as telling President Trump over the phone. 

"The solid position of Japan and the US that we will continue to put maximum pressure on North Korea until it takes concrete actions toward the complete, verifiable and irreversible abandonment of its nuclear (weapons) and missiles is absolutely unwavering," he added.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said North Korea's offer of talks with President Trump is indicative of the Communist country's desire to abandon its nuclear programme and bat for peace in the Korean Peninsula.