PRESS CONFERENCE REGARDING THE TELEPHONE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BURNHAM OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

TOKYO, Aug. 20 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information:

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(Reporter)

I am Ueda from NHK. Thank you for taking my question. Madam Prime Minister, you have just held your first telephone meeting with Prime Minister Burnham of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Please tell us about the discussion, including the exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East.(Prime Minister TAKAICHI)

A short while ago, from 4:00 p.m. for approximately 30 minutes, I held a telephone meeting with Prime Minister Burnham of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who assumed office last month.I once again congratulated Prime Minister Burnham on his assumption of o...