Japan expects positive outcomes of DPRK-US Hanoi Summit
Japan expects positive outcomes of DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit
The Japanese government hopes for positive outcomes of the second summit between the US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi on February 27-28, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported on February 27.
Kenji Kanasugi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, is sent to Hanoi to gather information on the summit. (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – The Japanese government hopes for positive outcomesof the second summit between the US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-unin Hanoi on February 27-28, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported on February27.
Japan hopes the summit will lead to the DPRK’s scrapping of its weapons of massdestruction in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and thesettlement of the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals by Pyongyang.
Before the summit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister TaroKono had phone calls with US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of StateMike Pompeo, respectively, asking them to handle these issues.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry also sent Kenji Kanasugi, Director-General of theAsian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, to Hanoi to gather information on thesummit.
Kono told reporters on February 26 that the international community is united inits position that sanctions against the DPRK should remain in place until ittakes steps to denuclearisation.-VNA
Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un had a strategy meeting with DPRK top negotiators soon after arriving in Hanoi on February 26 for his second meeting with US President Donald Trump, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The United Nations (UN) welcomes the second summit between DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi on February 27-28, a UN spokesperson said at a press briefing on February 26.
China hopes the second summit between Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi will be successful, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a press briefing on February 26.
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Kenji Kanasugi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, is sent to Hanoi to gather information on the summit.
