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Japan, US seek united 5-nation front on North Korea
Top Japanese and US diplomats agreed to stand firm against North Korea while seeking a united front from the three other countries negotiating to end Pyongyangs nuclear program, Japan said. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke late Tuesday by telephone and agreed the countries would not recognize North Korea as a nuclear power despite its test of an atomic bomb, the Japanese foreign ministry said. They called for coordination with China, Russia and South Korea, the other countries involved in upcoming six-way talks with Pyongyang. Rice and Aso agreed that not only Japan and the United States, but all five nations need to unite through such occasions as APEC, the ministry said in a statement, referring to the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation 21-nation summit in Vietnam next week. Posted by: Fred 2006-11-09 |
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