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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Japan says to keep sanctions on N. Korea |
| 2006-11-01 |
| TOKYO - Japan will maintain its sanctions on North Korea despite Pyongyang’s agreement to return to stalled six-party talks on the reclusive communist state’s nuclear programme, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said on Wednesday. Shiozaki, the government’s top spokesman, said North Korea must first commit itself to abandoning its nuclear programmes, as promised in a joint statement issued after a September 2005 round of the six-party talks. ‘The most important thing is for North Korea to completely abandon nuclear development in accordance with the joint statement from September of last year,’ Shiozaki told a news conference. ‘Until we know that they will keep that promise, we will just carry on with what we’ve decided to do,’ he said, referring to Japan’s sanctions implemented following Pyongyang’s Oct. 9 nuclear test. The Japanese punitive measures include a ban on imports and a prohibition on North Korean ships entering its ports. Earlier, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was quoted as saying that it was too early to celebrate. ‘It is truly welcome that the talks are set to be resumed soon, but we cannot just celebrate and say ‘That’s great’,’ Kyodo news agency quoted Aso as telling parliament. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Screw em, when you get em on the ropes you don't let em go. You move in for the kill. I think keep the pressure on until we see some real cooperation. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-11-01 06:35 |
| #1 PACIFIC STARS-AND-STRIPES > Quinones > USA believes North Korea MAY/MIGHT at 6-Party Talks demand the withdrawal of all US milfors from South Korea as condition precedent for giving up its nuke weapons progs. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-01 04:21 |