JAPAN: U.S. envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth meets with his Japanese counterpart

Record ID: 465492

  • Title: JAPAN: U.S. envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth meets with his Japanese counterpart
  • Date: 8th January 2011
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (JANUARY 7, 2010) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING JAPANESE FLAG PRESS WAITING IN THE LOBBY U.S. ENVOY FOR NORTH KOREA, STEPHEN BOSWORTH, WALKING INTO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING PRESS WAITING IN THE LOBBY (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. ENVOY FOR NORTH KOREA, STEPHEN BOSWORTH, SAYING: "No, I'm not going to make any extended statement. I would only say that we just had a very useful and productive conversation with the vice foreign minister and I think we are talking about and moving forward together in our attempts to address the questions of the Korean peninsula." BOSWORTH WALKING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 23rd January 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Japan, Japan
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA8OB2GZ9GHBPWCZY018SULXVFR
  • Story Text: U.S.envoy for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, met with his Japanese counterpart on Friday (January 7) in Tokyo after meetings in Seoul and Beijing to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula and stem Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
    "I would only say that we just had a very useful and productive conversation with the vice foreign minister and I think we are talking about and moving forward together in our attempts to address the questions of the Korean peninsula," said Bosworth after a 30 minute meeting with Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae.
    Prior to his trip to Tokyo, Bosworth visited Beijing to seek China's help in persuading Pyongyang to abandon nuclear weapons development.
    China, the North's only major ally, repeated a call for the resumption of the stalled talks, which include the two Koreas, Japan, Russia and the United States, and said the situation on the peninsula was sensitive and complex.
    Cash-strapped North Korea appears to want to return to the talks, where it has won substantial aid in the past after ratcheting up tension.
    The six-way process has been stalled for more than two years since Pyongyang walked out.
    Tension on the Korean peninsula rose to its highest levels since the 1950-53 Korean War after last year's sinking of a Southern ship killed 46 sailors, the exchange of artillery fire around the South's island, revelations of fresh nuclear activity by the North and threats of war.
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