Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and US President-elect Donald Trump will not be meeting, despite speculation that talks would be held in the coming days. Trump’s transition team says he will not have any official talks before taking office.
Arrangements were being made for Ishiba to meet Trump in the US after visiting Peru and Brazil for international conferences.
According to Japanese government sources, Trump’s team said a US law prohibits private citizens from engaging in unauthorized negotiations with foreign government officials.
The sources said they were told that arranging the schedule would also be difficult.
Ishiba seeks to build a personal relationship of trust with the incoming president in order to maintain and strengthen the bilateral alliance.
The prime minister continues to make arrangements for in-person talks as soon as possible after Trump takes office in January next year.
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