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14:34, 13-Mar-2018
Seoul: Abe doesn't see DPRK buying time through talks with US, South Korea
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe doesn’t believe the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will use summits with the United States and South Korea to buy time to pursue its nuclear and missile programs, South Korea’s presidential office said on Tuesday.
"North Korea (DPRK) has big negotiations to make at the inter-Korean summit and later its summit with the United States and in light of the situation I don’t think (DPRK) will use this opportunity to simply buy time," Abe was cited as saying by the Blue House in a statement.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon (L) meets Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2018. /VCG Photo
South Korea's National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon (L) meets Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2018. /VCG Photo
Abe was speaking to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service Suh Hoon earlier in the day. Suh is visiting Tokyo to brief officials there on his visit to DPRK and later the United States regarding denuclearization talks with Pyongyang.
Source(s): Reuters