Ismail Sabri expresses sadness, condolences over passing of Shinzo Abe


ANKARA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has expressed his condolences and deepest sympathies to the government and people of Japan over the passing of former premier Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday (July 8).

"I was deeply saddened on hearing news about the incident which befell former prime minister Shinzo Abe, whom I just met early this year as a Special Envoy of His Excellency (Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida),” he told Malaysian journalists here.

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