Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday asked French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault for close cooperation to make the upcoming Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture a success.

Following a two-day meeting of G-7 foreign ministers in Hiroshima, Abe told Ayrault he hopes momentum from the gathering will carry over to the May 26-27 summit in the Ise-Shima area.

Referring to Abe's scheduled visit to France on April 29, Ayrault said President Francois Hollande looks forward to meeting him.

The G-7 members — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — are seeking to adopt an action plan on countering terrorism at the summit.

As the chair of the meeting, Japan hopes to draw on France's experience and knowledge in the field following the series of fatal attacks carried out in Paris last November. G-7 foreign affairs and police authorities have already launched talks on the measures.

Ayrault also met with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo and said his visit to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Monday made him reflect upon what is necessary to achieve world peace, as he felt firsthand the misery that war brings.

The French minister, along with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, became on Monday the first sitting top diplomats of these nuclear states to visit the park.

Kishida earlier told reporters he hoped to hold detailed talks with Ayrault on bilateral security and economic cooperation.