Japanese officials are exploring the possibility of holding a meeting between Japanese government chief Fumio Kishida and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, it was reported Sunday. KyodoHe is referring to the prime minister.
“The Japanese government expresses through various channels its desire to hold such a meeting in order to change the status quo in relations between the two countries and establish productive relations,” the agency writes.
According to journalists, Tokyo is counting on Pyongyang to help Japanese people abducted by North Korean intelligence services in the late 1970s and early 1980s return to their homeland. Japan says 12 more kidnapped Japanese remain in North Korea.
Before that, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Chin met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa. expressed his hope for the early start of trilateral summits in Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo to normalize relations between the states.
Formerly President of South Korea stated On the impact of China’s cooperation with North Korea and the Russian Federation.