Shinzo Abe and Emmanuel Macron have stressed that their ties remain strong despite tensions brought to the fore by the arrest of Carlos Ghosn. FMTNews ShinzoAbe
Macron will hold talks in Japan with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before this week’s G20 summit.
Macron will become only the second foreign leader to meet Naruhito, who took the throne last month after his father abdicated. Macron met with French citizens on his first stop of the trip and told them that the auto alliance is something “we value highly”, calling for all parties to work to “make it stronger in the face of international competition”.Ahead of the trip, the Elysee Palace said Macron would emphasise “France’s strong attachment to the alliance”, adding that he hopes to hear support from Japan and Nissan for “the continuation and consolidation of this alliance”.
Concerns expressed by Paris already scuppered initial talks between Renault and Fiat Chrysler over a potential merger – a plan that was received cooly by Nissan.Macron is likely, however, to stay mum on the specifics of the case against Ghosn, who is out on bail in Tokyo under strict conditions as he prepares for trial on four charges of financial misconduct.
Both Japan and France, which will chair a G7 meeting in August, back multilateral solutions to the major international crises of the day: the US-China trade war that is weighing on the global economy and tensions with Iran that risk spiralling into a Middle East conflict.
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