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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release April 16, 1997

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY

Official Working Visit by Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto

In response to an invitation from the President, Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto will make his first official working visit to Washington April 25.

The President and the Prime Minister intend to discuss a full range of bilateral and international issues.

The President paid a State Visit to Tokyo in April 1996. Prime Minister Hashimoto and the President have met on several other occasions, most recently at the November 1996 APEC Leaders Meeting in Manila.

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