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TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Australia, Japan and the United States are considering holding a first trilateral summit on thesidelines of next month's APEC talks, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Friday.A Japanese newspaper said the talks to strengthen security ties between the three close allies would take place on Sept 8.Downer did not specify the date, saying only a meeting was a possibility.'That's something that is being considered,' he told reporters.'It is a possibility that -- not of course actually a part of APEC -- but in the margins of APEC, there could be trilateral meetings.'The Yomiuri Shimbun paper said that the first trilateral summit would be held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his Australian counterpart John Howard and US President George W. Bush will discuss North Korea's nuclear disarmament and China's military build-up, the daily said, citing unnamed government sources.Japan will propose holding the trilateral summit talks regularly, the Yomiuri said.In March, Abe signed a security accord with Australia, Japan's first such agreement with any country besides the United States, its main ally.Japan and Australia are both close US allies and supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003.afp/mszr/msCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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