Trump meets Abe in NY ahead of UN assembly

NEW YORK, Sept 24 (AFP): US President Donald Trump on Sunday flew to New York (NY) ahead of this week's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, where he met with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the evening.

"Going to New York. Will be with Prime Minister Abe of Japan tonight, talking Military and Trade. We have done much to help Japan, would like to see more of a reciprocal relationship. It will all work out!" he tweeted before his helicopter landed in Wall Street at around 5:45 pm.

Following dinner with Trump at the president's New York tower, Abe told reporters the pair discussed North Korea and its abduction of Japanese citizens, along with US-Japan and international trade, "in a warm atmosphere as usual."