Obama calls on Japan’s new PM
By IANSSaturday, June 5, 2010
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Saturday called Naoto Kan to congratulate him on being chosen Japan’s new prime minister, and pledged to work together on issues like Iran and the Korean Peninsula.
“The two leaders agreed to work very closely together to address the many issues facing both nations and the global community, including the challenges posed by North Korea and Iran,” Xinhua reported quoting a White House statement Saturday.
The two leaders emphasised the importance they each place on the US-Japan alliance, it said.
Kan, the former finance minister, became the prime minister after being approved by the Diet to replace Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned Wednesday.
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