Japan's Abe, Dutch PM Rutte working to avoid no-deal Brexit

ROTTERDAM – 10 January 2019: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte discussed what they can do to help avoid a no-deal Brexit.

Speaking in the Netherlands a day before meetings with British Prime Minster Theresa May, Abe said he and Rutte agreed "we will both work to avoid a no-deal Brexit".

"We want to see the influence of Brexit to the global economy minimized," he told reporters.