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Japan has sounded out the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) government about a bilateral summit, while Pyongyang discussing the possibility of a leaders’ meeting with Japan and other countries, Japan’s Asahi newspaper said on Thursday.
The government of Kim Jong Un has informed leaders of the DPRK’s ruling Korean Workers Party of the possibility of summits with Japan, Russia and other countries, the newspaper said, citing an unidentified DPRK source and briefing papers.
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing from March 25 to 28, 2018. /Xinhua Photo
“The Japanese government has expressed a wish to host a leaders meeting, via the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan,” or Chongryong in Korean, Pyongyang’s de facto embassy in Japan, the Asahi quoted the briefing papers as saying.
A Japanese government source told Reuters in mid-March that Japan was considering seeking a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim to discuss Japanese citizens abducted by the DPRK agents decades ago.
The Asahi said in an article from Seoul Kim’s government had discussed the possibility of summits with the Republic of Korea (ROK), the United States, China, Japan and Russia, in that order.
Kim met President Xi Jinping in China this week, his first trip abroad as DPRK leader. Summits with ROK President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump are being planned for April and May, respectively.
(CGTN)
