Message from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

Having finished the scheduled events at the Nuclear Security Summit, President Barack Obama, President Park Geun-hye, and I held a Japan-U.S.-Republic of Korea trilateral summit.

We confirmed that it is important for our three countries to act in close cooperation to ensure security in East Asia. It was a very meaningful summit indeed.

I felt once again how tremendously important it is to meet with other national leaders and talk with them directly.

I would like to continue to hold dialogues with the Republic of Korea going forward, in order to foster future-oriented relations between our two countries.

(Originally posted at 21:13, Thursday, March 26, 2014 in Japanese)