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France, Japan vow to cement cooperation in face of challenges

Xinhua, May 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

French President Francois Hollande and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have vowed to strengthen bilateral ties to face economic and environmental challenges and terrorism.

During a meeting at the Elysee Palace late Monday, the two leaders noted that the Group of Seven (G7) nations should adopt flexible fiscal policies and take structural reforms to boost growth.

Hollande and Abe also discussed security challenges amid rising risks of terror attacks and pledged to collaborate further to fight terrorists.

Furthermore, they expressed readiness to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, which set a target of holding the global average rise in temperature below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and preferably below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

To prepare for a G7 summit scheduled for May 26-27 in Japan, Abe is on a European tour. He has visited Rome and after his stay in Paris, he will travel on to Belgium, Germany, Britain and Russia.

The G7 bloc of advanced industrial countries comprises Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States. Endi