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Trump seeks Japan, South Korea, Australia leaders meeting at NATO summit
U.S. President Donald Trump might demand more defense spending from Japan and South Korea during a meeting alongside the NATO summit in the Netherlands. © AP
TAKASHI TSUJI
BRUSSELS -- U.S. President Donald Trump wants to hold a meeting with leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand during the NATO summit set for Tuesday and Wednesday in the Netherlands, sources related to the military alliance revealed to Nikkei.
The meeting, provisionally to be held in the Hague, would include Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, new South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.