国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

North Korea, Japan tackle abduction issue in Beijing talks
(AP)
Updated: 2006-02-06 10:03

North Korea and Japan on Monday focused on diplomatic ties despite making little progress in high-level talks on Tokyo's key condition for opening the ties: a complete account of Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese citizens.

Envoys from the two sides opened their talks Sunday in a hotel meeting room in the Chinese capital, part of the first high-level contact in three years aimed at normalizing relations. The discussions run through Tuesday, when the session will focus on the North's nuclear and missile programs.

North Korea on Sunday said significant differences remained over the abduction issue, which Japan has said is key to opening diplomatic relations between the two sides.

"There are big differences of opinion and stance on the issue," Kim Chol Ho, the North's delegate, told reporters after about nine hours of discussions but did not elaborate.

"We also told (Japan) how much sincerity and effort we've put into resolving the issue and we both agreed to continue to talk," he said.

In a separate briefing, Japan's envoy, Kunio Umeda, said "the solution of the abduction issue was extremely important to the normalization of ties."

In 2002, North Korea admitted to kidnapping 13 Japanese citizens and subsequently released five of them, saying the other eight had died. Tokyo, however, still wants evidence of the deaths and for North Korea to fully investigate the cases of other suspected abductees who were kidnapped by Northern agents in the 1970s and '80s.

In return, the North has said wants reparations for Japan's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula from 1910-45.

Umeda and Kim said the two sides also discussed whether those involved in the kidnappings would be brought to justice but no resolution was made.

"This is something we have to talk more about," Kim said.

The first half of the day's meetings were focused on listening to Japan's case, Kim said, while the afternoon was spent on North Korea's response.

The last meetings were held in 2002 in Malaysia but the chief North Korean delegate, Song Il Ho, complained of lack of progress since, saying that relations had been moving "toward the path of deterioration."

Host China has been trying to restart six-nation talks aimed at persuading North Korea to give up nuclear development. Beijing reportedly has proposed meeting again as early as February 6, but the North hasn't responded.

Other participants are Japan, the United States, South Korea and Russia.



Muslim world protests over caricatures
Syrians protest over Mohammad cartoon
Wife of US civil rights leader Martin Luther King dies
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

New protests erupt in cartoon row, restraint urged

 

   
 

2 Chinese shot dead in S. African robbery

 

   
 

SEPA calls for quick reporting of pollution

 

   
 

Iran tells nuke agency to remove cameras

 

   
 

Energy law aims at power conservation

 

   
 

DPRK-Japan talks slow over abduction issue

 

   
  Iran tells nuke agency to remove cameras
   
  New protests erupt in cartoon row, restraint urged
   
  Northern Ireland negotiations resume
   
  US asked Britain about transferring prisoner via Britain
   
  Japan: Abduction row key to North Korea ties
   
  Breakthrough in Sri Lanka peace bid, Geneva talks on
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
龙南县| 成武县| 延边| 阿拉善右旗| 长垣县| 安福县| 灯塔市| 西青区| 堆龙德庆县| 白银市| 平昌县| 南平市| 盐山县| 罗甸县| 福建省| 新平| 揭东县| 富锦市| 江川县| 江西省| 盐山县| 湘乡市| 三河市| 茶陵县| 商都县| 浦北县| 灵丘县| 昌邑市| 青海省| 扎兰屯市| 布拖县| 三河市| 长乐市| 大新县| 同心县| 吉林市| 婺源县| 大渡口区| 台中县| 丹东市| 遂昌县|