TOKYO, Dec 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, held a phone conversation with U.S. President, Donald Trump, late Saturday night, to brief him about the outcome of the Japanese prime minister’s talks with Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, local media reported.
During the conversation, which lasted about 75 minutes, Abe told Trump that Japan will continue diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the Middle East by working closely with the United States, according to local media reports.
The conversation, which Abe said took place at the request of Trump, came a day after Abe held talks with Rouhani in Tokyo.
Rouhani visited Japan as the first Iranian president since 2000, amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, following the United States pulling out of a 2015 international nuclear accord and slapping fresh sanctions on Iran.
