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U.S. envoy Bosworth tells Japan of hopes to visit N. Korea soon+
TOKYO, March 6 Kyodo -
Stephen Bosworth, the new U.S. special representative for policy on North
Korea, told Japanese parliamentarians Friday of his hopes to visit North Korea
at an early date, the parliamentarians said.
Bosworth also reiterated at the meeting with a nonpartisan group of
parliamentarians that North Korea should not move ahead with a missile launch
and that Washington would deem such a launch unacceptable even if Pyongyang is
to claim it to be a satellite, the Diet members said.
Bosworth, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and current dean of the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, visited North Korea
as a private citizen in early February before he was named as President Barack
Obama's point man on North Korea policy.
How the new U.S. administration approaches North Korea is of great concern for
Japan, which was upset last year when former President George W. Bush took
North Korea off its blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism before the North
properly addressed the unresolved cases of its past abductions of Japanese
citizens.
Bosworth did not specify a date for his next trip to the North, but told the
parliamentarians that the visit will be to stop Pyongyang from launching the
missile. He was also quoted as saying that in the case of such a launch, the
United States and others will discuss their response at the United Nations.
On the stalled six-way talks aimed at pressing North Korea to dismantle its
nuclear programs, Bosworth expressed hopes for the negotiations to resume soon,
the parliamentarians said.
In talks with Akitaka Saiki, Japan's chief delegate at the six-party talks,
Bosworth and Saiki affirmed a shared consensus that a possible rocket launch by
the North, be it a missile or what Pyongyang claims to be a satellite, would be
a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Bosworth, who stopped in Beijing on the first leg of his Asia trip before
visiting Japan, also agreed with Chinese officials that such a launch would be
''not a good idea.''
North Korea has declared it is ready to put into space the Kwangmyongsong-2
experimental communications satellite. It says the satellite will be carried by
the launch vehicle Unha-2, which outside experts view as a redesigned
Taepodong-2 missile.
The denuclearization talks involving North and South Korea, China, Japan,
Russia and the United States have been stalled since December due to
differences over ways to verify North Korea's nuclear activities.
Bosworth will travel to Seoul after his stay in Tokyo.
==Kyodo
2009-03-06 20:54:50
Stephen Bosworth, the new U.S. special representative for policy on North
Korea, told Japanese parliamentarians Friday of his hopes to visit North Korea
at an early date, the parliamentarians said.
Bosworth also reiterated at the meeting with a nonpartisan group of
parliamentarians that North Korea should not move ahead with a missile launch
and that Washington would deem such a launch unacceptable even if Pyongyang is
to claim it to be a satellite, the Diet members said.
Bosworth, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and current dean of the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, visited North Korea
as a private citizen in early February before he was named as President Barack
Obama's point man on North Korea policy.
How the new U.S. administration approaches North Korea is of great concern for
Japan, which was upset last year when former President George W. Bush took
North Korea off its blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism before the North
properly addressed the unresolved cases of its past abductions of Japanese
citizens.
Bosworth did not specify a date for his next trip to the North, but told the
parliamentarians that the visit will be to stop Pyongyang from launching the
missile. He was also quoted as saying that in the case of such a launch, the
United States and others will discuss their response at the United Nations.
On the stalled six-way talks aimed at pressing North Korea to dismantle its
nuclear programs, Bosworth expressed hopes for the negotiations to resume soon,
the parliamentarians said.
In talks with Akitaka Saiki, Japan's chief delegate at the six-party talks,
Bosworth and Saiki affirmed a shared consensus that a possible rocket launch by
the North, be it a missile or what Pyongyang claims to be a satellite, would be
a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Bosworth, who stopped in Beijing on the first leg of his Asia trip before
visiting Japan, also agreed with Chinese officials that such a launch would be
''not a good idea.''
North Korea has declared it is ready to put into space the Kwangmyongsong-2
experimental communications satellite. It says the satellite will be carried by
the launch vehicle Unha-2, which outside experts view as a redesigned
Taepodong-2 missile.
The denuclearization talks involving North and South Korea, China, Japan,
Russia and the United States have been stalled since December due to
differences over ways to verify North Korea's nuclear activities.
Bosworth will travel to Seoul after his stay in Tokyo.
==Kyodo
2009-03-06 20:54:50
