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New Japanese PM Aims to Hold Talks with N. Korea’s Kim
(MENAFN) Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Monday that Tokyo has expressed interest in holding a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The “hope” for such a meeting was “already conveyed” to Pyongyang as part of efforts to address the decades-old abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea, media reported.
Elected on Oct. 21, Takaichi said she aims to meet Kim “directly” and “achieve concrete results.”
“I will do everything during my term to have a breakthrough and resolve the matter,” she told a gathering in Tokyo focused on the abduction issue.
Takaichi is known for her conservative political stance and hawkish approach to diplomacy and security, echoing the views of late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan officially counts 17 people as “abducted” by North Korea during the 1970s and 1980s. Five were returned to Japan in October 2002 following landmark talks in Pyongyang between then-North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Japan’s then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Since that repatriation, however, no significant progress has been reported.
Japan and North Korea maintain no formal diplomatic relations, and Pyongyang maintains that the abduction issue has been resolved.
The “hope” for such a meeting was “already conveyed” to Pyongyang as part of efforts to address the decades-old abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea, media reported.
Elected on Oct. 21, Takaichi said she aims to meet Kim “directly” and “achieve concrete results.”
“I will do everything during my term to have a breakthrough and resolve the matter,” she told a gathering in Tokyo focused on the abduction issue.
Takaichi is known for her conservative political stance and hawkish approach to diplomacy and security, echoing the views of late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan officially counts 17 people as “abducted” by North Korea during the 1970s and 1980s. Five were returned to Japan in October 2002 following landmark talks in Pyongyang between then-North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Japan’s then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Since that repatriation, however, no significant progress has been reported.
Japan and North Korea maintain no formal diplomatic relations, and Pyongyang maintains that the abduction issue has been resolved.
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