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March 22,
2014
On Friday, March 21, for approximately 10 minutes from 16:30pm
(Malaysian time), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held telephone talks with
Dato’ Sri Haji Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister and
Minister of Finance, Malaysia. The overview is as follows.
- Prime Minister Abe expressed his deep concern about
the missing aircraft which has not been found so far despite the
painstaking efforts poured into the ongoing massive search operations.
Prime Minister Abepraised Prime Minister Najib’s strong leadership in
such a difficult situation and expressed his willingness for Japan to
continue to support the efforts made by Prime Minister Najib.
Furthermore, Prime Minister Abe said that Japan was currently
conducting its search operations via five aircraft and had decided to
move two aircraft to Australia in response to the government of
Malaysia’s request. The Prime Minister said Japan welcomed any further
requests from Prime Minister Najib and would do whatever was necessary
to assist as Japan and Malaysia had a cooperative relationship that was
special.
- Prime Minister Najib expressed his gratitude to Prime
Minister Abe for his warm words of support. In addition, Prime Minister
Najib stated that Japan’s assistance by providing aircraft for the
search operations for the missing aircraft has been invaluable, and
that he was very grateful for the encouragement.
Prime Minister Abe reiterated that he was prepared to support Prime
Minister Najib and the people of Malaysia as a friend and to inform him
of any further assistance required.
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