US Envoy for North Korea meets Japanese foreign ministry official ahead of China visit

Record ID: 1448945

  • Title: US Envoy for North Korea meets Japanese foreign ministry official ahead of China visit
  • Date: 18th December 2019
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (DECEMBER 18, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR NORTH KOREA STEPHEN BIEGUN AND JAPANESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER TAKEO AKIBA WALKING INTO DINNER MEETING / BIEGUN AND AKIBA SHAKING HANDS BIEGUN POSING FOR PHOTO/TAKEO BIEGUN AND TAKEO WALKING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 1st January 2020 11:42
  • Keywords: China Japan Japanese vice foreign minister Takeo Akiba North Korea Tokyo U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001BAI3QRR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun met with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba in Tokyo on Wednesday (December 18) ahead of his visit to Beijing.
    Biegun arrived Tokyo on Tuesday (December 17) after visiting Seoul to urge North Korea to return offers of talks, dismissing leader Kim Jong Un's year-end deadline while highlighting Washington's willingness to discuss "all issues of interest."
    Tension has been rising in recent weeks as Pyongyang has conducted a series of weapons tests and waged a war of words with U.S. President Donald Trump, stoking fears the two countries could return to a collision course they had been on before launching diplomacy last year.
    Biegun is expected to travel to Beijing on Thursday (December 19) morning.
    (Production: Akira Tomoshige, Akiko Okamoto)
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