INDIA: Japan seeks India��������s support in abduction dispute with North Korea

Record ID: 1375082

  • Title: INDIA: Japan seeks India��������s support in abduction dispute with North Korea
  • Date: 29th December 2011
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 28, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI - NO ACCESS BBC) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIKO NODA AND INDIAN PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH ARRIVING FOR A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE VARIOUS OF NODA AND SINGH SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) (APPROXIMATE TRANSLATION) PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIHIKO NODA, SAYING: "In addition to other things, we also exchanged views on the regional situation in Asia, world economy, climate change, U.N. Security Council reforms and other international agenda. Especially with regard to our discussions on North Korea or DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea). I requested cooperation and understanding by the Indian side concerning with the abduction issue." NODA AND SINGH SITTING AT NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 12th January 2012 22:56
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  • Location: India, India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Crime,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAD1RN6GFY3VV3850JRDKJPJ21D
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda urged the Indian government on Wednesday (December 28) to support Tokyo's long-standing dispute with North Korea over the abduction of its citizens by Pyongyang during the 1970s and 1980s.
    The plight of the missing Japanese citizens captured media attention in Japan after Pyongyang admitted in 2002 that its agents had kidnapped thirteen Japanese people.
    Though five were repatriated to huge public fanfare in 2002, Japan wants to know about the eight other citizens. Pyongyang says they are dead.
    A campaign by relatives, including the elderly parents of Megumi Yokota, a 13-year-old schoolgirl kidnapped in 1977, has kept the issue in the limelight.
    Noda, who is in India on a diplomatic visit, said Japan sought New Delhi's understanding on the matter while addressing a joint news conference with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh.
    "In addition to other things, we also exchanged views on the regional situation in Asia, world economy, climate change, UN Security Council reforms and other international agenda. Especially with regard to our discussions on North Korea or DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), I requested cooperation and understanding by the Indian side concerning with the abduction issue," said Noda.
    Japan's ties with North Korea, with which it has no diplomatic relations, have long been tense.
    Japan this year extended sanctions on North Korea including a ban on trade and travel.
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