Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he is ready to meet North Korean lea...
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he is ready to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without conditions to end long-running mistrust between their countries, the Sankei newspaper reported on Friday.
Abe’s remarks come days after he met U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington and thanked Trump for raising with Kim, at a February summit, the topic of Japanese people abducted by North Korea. “That’s why I would like to meet him without setting preconditions and hold frank discussions. I hope he’s a leader who can determine flexibly and strategically what is best for his country,” Abe was quoted as saying.Japan believes 17 of its citizens were abducted, five of whom were repatriated. Eight were said by North Korea to have died, while four were said to have never entered the country.
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