G-20 summit OsakaJapan's Abe reaffirms US security ties after Trump's verbal swipe
Leaders agree to accelerate trade talks as they also discuss Iran situation
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Osaka on June 28. © Reuters
KATSUHIKO HARA, Nikkei Asian Review politics & economy news editor
June 28, 2019 09:25 JST
Updated on June 28, 2019 12:04 JST
OSAKA -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday met before the opening of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, where Abe and Trump reconfirmed that the nations' long-standing cooperation on security arrangements remain in place and that bilateral trade talks will be accelerated.