Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, agreed Thursday to cooperate in building peace and stability in the terrorism-prone Middle East.
In a meeting with Jaber in Tokyo, Abe said situations in the Middle East such as the fight against terrorism and the refugee crisis in Syria will be on top of the agenda at a Group of Seven summit he will host in late May, according to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshige Seko.
Referring to anti-terrorism measures to be taken against organizations such as the Islamic State militant group operating in the Middle East, Jaber was quoted by Seko as saying Kuwait "will never tolerate any forms of terrorism."