Obama meets with other world leaders in France
May-28-2011

President Barack Obama landed in France on Thursday for meetings with the leaders of the world's top economic powers after a high-profile visit to London.
Obama discussed a range of security and economic issues during a one-on-one meeting with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev. He also met with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and participated in a full day of talks with other leaders of the Group of Eight nations.
The G8 includes the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy and Russia.
Obama told Kan that Americans were "heartbroken" by the devastation created by Japan's recent tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster.
"The United States will stand by Japan for as long as it takes for Japan to recover," Obama said. "And I'm confident it will recover."
Kan thanked Obama for American disaster recovery assistance.
The two men agreed Kan will make an "official visit" to Washington in September, according to Daniel Russel, a senior U.S. National Security Council staff member.
Obama is in the middle of a six-day, four-nation trip to Europe that began in Ireland and will end in Poland.

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