Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Ec
PORT MORESBY – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) regional summit in Papua New Guinea on Saturday, a Japanese official said, though details of the brief exchanges are not known.
The encounters took place when the three East Asian leaders were waiting for an event involving leaders of the APEC forum and corporate executives, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kotaro Nogami told reporters.
Abe shook hands with Xi, but not with Moon, according to Nogami.
Abe met with Xi less than a month ago during an official visit to China in late October, the first Japanese leader to do so in nearly seven years in a sign of improving bilateral ties.
