Home>News Center>World
         
 

Koizumi to pick up abductee kin in Pyongyang
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-05-10 14:41

North Korea asked Japan several times in March and April for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to travel to Pyongyang to pick up relatives of Japanese abductees living there, government sources said Sunday.

North Korea told Japan it is prepared to return eight relatives of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea and repatriated to Japan in October 2002 if Koizumi goes to pick them up, the sources said.


Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi enters his official residence in Tokyo May 7, 2004. [Reuters]
North Korea told Japan it wants to resolve pending issues with Japan by holding top-level talks in accordance with the Pyongyang declaration signed by Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during Koizumi's landmark visit to North Korea in September 2002.

Japan unofficially proposed Koizumi pay another visit to Pyongyang at bilateral talks held in Beijing on May 4-5 and the two countries are expected to resume negotiations soon to fix a date for Koizumi's trip, they said.

However, there is caution over the visit within the Japanese government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

They say other pending issues, including determining the facts behind the abductions by North Korea and North Korea's missile program, should be resolved prior to the visit.

The fates of 10 other Japanese nationals Japan believes were abducted by North Korea remain unclear.

According to the sources, North Korea conveyed its intention to allow the relatives to be reunited with their families in Japan if Koizumi visits North Korea.

After receiving the messages from Pyongyang, Taku Yamasaki, former vice president of the LDP, proposed sending high-ranking government officials, including the premier if necessary, to North Korea to pick up the relatives.

He made the proposal to North Korean officials in China in early April.

The five abductees were abducted by North Korean agents in three separate cases in 1978, and were finally allowed to return to Japan in October 2002.

Their return came a month after Koizumi made a landmark trip to Pyongyang for summit talks with Kim. They signed the Pyongyang declaration, in which they agreed to resume negotiations on normalization of diplomatic ties.

The five abductees left seven North Korean-born children and the American husband of one of the abductees behind when whey returned in October 2002 from 24 years of captivity in the North. Four of the abductees who were allowed to return to Japan were couples.

 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

Xi'an lottery fraud suspect admits cheating

 

   
 

Wen leaves Italy, arrives in London

 

   
 

Minister: 12.7m more boys than girls under 9

 

   
 

`Cancer village' in spotlight

 

   
 

Taiwan starts recount of disputed election

 

   
 

Rebel bomb kills Chechen leader, 13 others

 

   
  Violence, cheating flare as Filipinos vote
   
  Rebel bomb kills Chechen leader, 13 others
   
  Britain's Hoon in firing line over abuse allegations
   
  Spain troops could leave Iraq earlier than thought
   
  Sharon cancels US trip, will submit new Gaza plan
   
  Britain's Blair faces call for resignation
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Japan PM may visit N.Korea in September
   
Japan and N.Korea start summit,progress expected
   
Japan set to ask North Korea to extend abductee visit
  News Talk  
  Scandal over humiliation of Iraqi prisoners  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产做国产爱免费视频| 成年人性生活免费视频| 亚洲精品成人av在线| 美女**视频一级毛片| 国产嫩草影院精品免费网址| 亚洲人成电影在线观看青青| 第一福利视频导航| 国产一级理仑片日本| 另类视频区第一页| 国产精品视频一区二区三区经| www.人人干| 成人小视频在线观看免费| 久久只这里是精品66| 极品新婚夜少妇真紧| 亚洲最大中文字幕无码网站| 狠狠色噜噜狠狠狠狠69| 内地女星风流艳史肉之| 色之综合天天综合色天天棕色| 国产成人午夜福利在线播放| 金8国欧美系列在线| 扒开双腿疯狂进出爽爽动态图 | 香港国产特级一级毛片| 国产精品v片在线观看不卡| 8天堂资源在线| 图片区偷拍区小说区| a级毛片免费全部播放无码| 好男人社区www影院在线观看| 一道久在线无码加勒比| 手机看片国产福利| 丰满饥渴老女人hd| 日本欧美一区二区三区在线播放| 久久精品国产自在一线| 最好看的最新中文字幕2018免费视频| 亚洲国产日产无码精品| 欧美日韩成人午夜免费| 亚洲日韩精品无码一区二区三区 | 毛片免费观看视频| 亚洲综合激情另类小说区| 特级av毛片免费观看| 人妻少妇乱子伦精品| 用劲好爽快点要喷了视频|