The Japanese delegation arrived in Beijing Sunday evening to
attend the fourth round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula
nuclear issue, scheduled to begin Tuesday.??
The delegation is led by Sasae Kenichiro, director-general of
the Foreign Ministry's Asia and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.
Kenichiro said at a news briefing when he arrived at the hotel
that Japan is willing to join hands with other parties to make
utmost efforts to promote the talks, expressing the hope that the
talks could help resolve the "abduction issue" between Japan and
North Korea.
However, North Korea said Wednesday in a commentary of the
official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) that it would not deal
with Japan even in the six-party talks due to Japan's unjust stance
over the talks and the "abduction issue."
The delegations of the North and South Korea and the US have
arrived earlier. The Russian delegation will arrive Monday.
(Xinhua News Agency July 25, 2005)