The U.S. and Russia, at loggerheads for weeks over Syria, each defended their interpretation of the final text after the meeting.

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Mr. Abe's remarks on Wednesday came after the Japanese press reported that concerns over his interpretation of history were expressed in a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye in Washington.

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The working languages of the meeting will be English and French, with simultaneous interpretation in both languages.

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Within days of the meeting having ended it was apparent there were differences of interpretation.

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Adams, testifying at a trial over how police stop, question and sometimes frisk people in public, detailed his interpretation of comments made by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly during a 2010 meeting with then-Gov. David Paterson and other lawmakers.

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