The meeting focused on Iraq, the Middle East and North Korea among other issues.

1. Iraq
On Iraq, Prime Minister Koizumi endorsed UK's support for the US as a right decision, and highly valued the statesmanship demonstrated by Prime Minister Blair. Prime Minister Koizumi reiterated the importance of international collaboration, and though the members of the UN Security Council were temporarily once divided, pointed out the need to reestablish international collaboration, and that Japan would make efforts to this end.

Prime Minister Blair said that he respected Prime Minister Koizumi's leadership, which he had also discussed with President Bush. Prime Minister Blair also mentioned that a right judgment is also required in the stage of reconstruction of Iraq. The two leaders agreed that the two countries could cooperate on the activities of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), to which both countries are contributing personnel.

On the role of the UN in Iraq, Prime Minister Blair mentioned that the UN must be given an appropriate role, and that it might be preferred, as a general consideration, to draft UN resolutions each of which focused on a particular area, as opposed to an 'omni-bus' resolution intended to cover all areas in order to maintain the momentum in the UN. He also said that the authority of the UN would make participation of other countries in the process easier.

Prime Minister Koizumi said Japan would contribute to reconstruction efforts in Iraq independently, through ORHA, international organizations and based on the UN resolutions. He reiterated the importance of UN's involvement, and said that he would discuss this and the importance of international collaboration with President Bush when they meet prior to the G8 Summit in Evian. Prime Minister Koizumi also pointed out the anti-US sentiment in some Arab countries as one of the reasons why the involvement of the UN is desired. In this context the two leaders agreed that sound relations between the US and other countries was important, and that both Japan and the UK, as countries close to the US, would make efforts to facilitate such relations.

2. Middle East
On peace in the Middle East, Prime Minister Blair said an indication of a 'road map' would be an important step in the process, and also pointed out the implications of the Palestine issue that go beyond the Middle East region. He also mentioned that recent developments, such as the prospect of the inauguration of Mr Abu Mazen as the new prime minister, presented an excellent opportunity to promote peace.

Prime Minister Koizumi mentioned that Ms Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, is scheduled to meet Mr Abu Mazen during her visit to the region, and that she would be the first foreign dignitary to meet the incoming prime minister. Prime Minister Blair commended such prospects.

3. North Korea
On North Korea, Prime Minister Koizumi outlined the report received from Mr Jim Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State of the US, regarding the recent trilateral consultation in Beijing between the US, North Korea and China. He said that there might be discrepancies between what was being said by the North Koreans on the surface and what they actually intended, and that further analysis would be required. He also said that one should not be agitated by North Korea's provocations, and that the countries concerned must respond calmly. He valued China's active engagement in this process, and that this was also highly valued by the US. He also appreciated China's remarks on the need for the Korean peninsula to be nuclear-free. He also expressed the desire that in future process Japan and South Korea should also participate, and that Russia's participation should be considered. He also asked for the roles of the UK and the EU, which have formal inter-governmental channels with North Korea, to work on the country towards a peaceful resolution of the matter.

Prime Minister Blair responded by pointing out the need for pursuing a negotiation patiently, and that the UK was willing to extend cooperation where possible. The two leaders agreed that the situations in Iraq and North Korea were different.

4. Other issues
On bilateral issues, Prime Minister Koizumi outlined his policies targeting to attract more inward investment, i.e. doubling the cumulative investment in five years, and expand inbound tourism from the current figure of five million tourists a year to ten million in 2010. He said he wished to learn from the success of the British tourism industry.

On environment conservation, Prime Minister Koizumi outlined his idea that science and technology was the key in achieving both economic growth and environmental preservation. Prime Minister Blair expressed his agreement to the idea.

Prime Minister Koizumi left London in the afternoon of 27 April. His next destination was Spain.