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Japan refutes N. Korean claim on settlement of abduction issue+
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Japan refutes N. Korean claim on settlement of abduction issue+
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 23 Kyodo -
Japan on Saturday refuted a claim by North Korea at a regional security meeting that the issue of Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals is ''already settled,'' Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said.
At an annual ministerial meeting of the 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum in Bali, Indonesia, North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun said the abduction issue has been raised repeatedly by Japan, but Pyongyang believes the matter has been settled, according to conference sources.
Matsumoto said he insisted the abduction issue is yet to be settled and urged the North to implement its 2008 accord with Japan by establishing a commission to reinvestigate the whereabouts of abducted Japanese nationals who North Korea says are already dead or never entered the country.
Matsumoto said he did not have one-on-one talks with Pak on the Indonesian resort island.
The exchange of words between Japanese and North Korean foreign ministers is believed to be the first since July 2008, when ministers of the six countries involved in talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea gathered on the sidelines of an ARF meeting in Singapore.
Matsumoto said even though Tokyo does not intend to hold talks with Pyongyang ''for the sake of talking,'' Japan ''keeps open its door for dialogue'' with the North.
He said Tokyo will seek cooperation from South Korea, the United States and other concerned parties to resolve the abduction issue.
==Kyodo
2011-07-23 23:59:14
Japan refutes N. Korean claim on settlement of abduction issue+
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 23 Kyodo -
Japan on Saturday refuted a claim by North Korea at a regional security meeting that the issue of Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals is ''already settled,'' Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said.
At an annual ministerial meeting of the 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum in Bali, Indonesia, North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun said the abduction issue has been raised repeatedly by Japan, but Pyongyang believes the matter has been settled, according to conference sources.
Matsumoto said he insisted the abduction issue is yet to be settled and urged the North to implement its 2008 accord with Japan by establishing a commission to reinvestigate the whereabouts of abducted Japanese nationals who North Korea says are already dead or never entered the country.
Matsumoto said he did not have one-on-one talks with Pak on the Indonesian resort island.
The exchange of words between Japanese and North Korean foreign ministers is believed to be the first since July 2008, when ministers of the six countries involved in talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea gathered on the sidelines of an ARF meeting in Singapore.
Matsumoto said even though Tokyo does not intend to hold talks with Pyongyang ''for the sake of talking,'' Japan ''keeps open its door for dialogue'' with the North.
He said Tokyo will seek cooperation from South Korea, the United States and other concerned parties to resolve the abduction issue.
==Kyodo
2011-07-23 23:59:14
