Prime Minister in Action / The Government of Japan

Prime Minister Abe continues to actively engage in “Diplomacy That Takes a Panoramic Perspective of the World Map.” From April through September, he attended the G7 Summit, Eastern Economic Forum and United Nations General Assembly and held summit meetings with world leaders, visiting Canada, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, and countries of the Middle East. In Japan, he hosted the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, signed the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, and held talks with numerous world leaders who visited Japan

Met with His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf and Her Majesty the Queen Silvia of the Kingdom of Sweden, at Akasaka State Guest House. (April 2018)

Met with H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. (April 2018)

Met with His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, in Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. (May 2018)

Met with H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, in the Russian Federation. (May 2018)

Attended the Eighth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM8) at Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture and met with attending leaders. (May 2018)

Attended the G7 Charlevoix Summit and met with attending leaders, in Canada. (June 2018)

Met with Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, at the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office. (June 2018)

Met with H.E. Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, at the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office. (June 2018)

Met with H.E. Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council and H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and signed the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), at the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office. (July 2018)

Met with H.E. Dr. Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta, at the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office. (August 2018)

Met with Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, at the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office. (August 2018)

Met with H.E. Mr. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation and attended the 4th Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian Federation. (September 2018)

Met with H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, in the Russian Federation. (September 2018)

Met with H.E. Mr. Khaltmaa Battulga, President of Mongolia, in the Russian Federation. (September 2018)

Met with H.E. Mr. Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés, President of the Republic of Ecuador, at the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office. (September 2018)

Met with the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, in the United States of America. (September 2018)

Met with H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey, in the United States of America. (September 2018)

Met with H.E. Dr. Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the United States of America. (September 2018)

Attended the United Nations General Assembly and met with H. E. Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in the United States of America. (September 2018)

Met with H.E. Mr. Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, in the United States of America. (September 2018)