< /> < /> < /> < /> < /> < /> < /> < />/p> Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed that US President Trump often told him that North Korea is a short -term issue, and China is a long -term issue.(Agence France -Presse)

(Tokyo) Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently revealed that he had emphasized the importance of the US President Trump to the US President Trump and persuaded him to strengthen the existence of the US military in the Asia -Pacific region to cope with China's military rise.

In an exclusive interview with the Japanese Economic News on Thursday (24th), Shinzo Abe revealed that when he met with Trump, who had just won the US presidential election in New York on November 17, 2016, he emphasized in person to strengthen his military forces in China in China.The importance of the United States and Japan Alliance under the situation believes that this is the starting point of building a strong relationship with the United States until he stepped down.

Abe pointed out that Trustch often told him that North Korea was a short -term issue, and China was a long -term issue, so he thought that the talks with Trump had worked at that time.

The report pointed out that Abe had talks with Trump at the Trump Building at the time, and the talk time between the two sides was extended from the original 45 minutes to about 90 minutes.

Trump asked Abe on China's military development: When will China start to quickly increase military power?Abe pointed out that China has increased by about 40 times from 30 years ago, and has increased by about 40 times, and there is no comparable to the world.He pointed out that the news shocked Trump.

Abe also took the number of Chinese submarines as an example at the time, saying that this was aimed at the seventh fleet of the United States in the Western Pacific. It emphasized that this is not only a problem in Japan, but also a problem in the United States. I hope that the United States can maintain a sense of presence in the region.

Five golf diplomatic

The report also pointed out that Abe suggested to Trump that the place where the meeting with the top leader of North Korea in June 2018 was set to Singapore, not other alternative locations such as Seoul.He reminded Trump that if the place to meet at the Korean Peninsula will allow Kim Jong -un to control the rhythm.Trump also agreed to this suggestion.

In order to get closer to Trump's distance, Abe praised Trump at the time as a successful challenge to the power class, and said that he was a successful challenge to the ruling party from the opposition party.Trump has therefore regarded this as the same thing between the two.

Abe revealed in an exclusive interview that meeting golf was also one of the purpose of his first meeting with Trump.During his tenure, he conducted a total of five golf diplomats with Trump and a total of 14 official talks.

Shinzo Abe expressed his intention to resign the post of Prime Minister of Japan on the grounds of the last month as the old illness.He led the total resignation of the cabinet on the 16th of this month, and set a total of 3188 days in the number of prime ministers, setting the longest record in the history of Japanese constitutional government.