Japan seeks additional preconditions for U.S.-N Korea summit
2018-03-26 10:04:34 source：Japan Today
March 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — Japan has requested a set of additional preconditions for U.S. President Donald Trump to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, including Pyongyang promising to resolve the abduction issue and abandon medium-range ballistic missiles having Japan within range, diplomatic sources said.
Foreign Minister Taro Kono filed the request during his separate talks in Washington earlier this month with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency who is Trump's nominee for the next secretary of state, and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, the sources said.
Kono also asked the U.S. officials to ensure that before Trump meets Kim in May for the first-ever U.S.-North Korea summit, Pyongyang promises it promotes a complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization, accepts International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of nuclear facilities in the country, and abolishes chemical weapons, they said.
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