Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will address the North Korean threat, free trade with the European Union and peace-building when he gathers with Group of 20 counterparts on Thursday in Bonn, Germany.
Kishida will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se on the sidelines of the gathering of major economies to discuss how to deal with North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs and exchange information on the killing Monday in Malaysia of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother.
The two-day G-20 gathering will mark Tillerson's debut on the world stage after taking office on Feb. 1. His peers are anxious to hear about U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign and security policies, especially any views on alliances and multilateral diplomacy that contradict his "America First" mantra, delegates said.