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Transcript: GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GEORGE W. BUSH HOLDS JOINT MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI (AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE)
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- February 18, 2002
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PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO
KOIZUMI
PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE
TOKYO, JAPAN
(AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE.)
FEBRUARY 18, 2002
2:07 P.M. (L)
KOIZUMI: This is my fourth meeting with President Bush, and
we
engaged in very candid and very friendly talks and very useful meeting
it was. I was able to renew our friendship and cement further our
relationship
of trust and reaffirm to the importance of Japan-U.S. alliance.
In the fight against terrorism, Japan, on its own initiative,
has
been cooperating with the United States and in cooperation with the
international
community to eradicate terrorism. ...