The United States and Japan are“completely in sync“ over North Korea and agree that it must abolish its medium- and short-range missiles as well as intercontinental and intermediate range ballistic missiles, Japan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to see U.
The United States and Japan are“completely in sync“ over North Korea and agree that it must abolish its medium- and short-range missiles as well as intercontinental and intermediate range ballistic missiles, Japan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to see U. S. President Donald Trump in Washington next month before a proposed summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the crisis over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.
That U. S.-North Korea summit would follow a North-South summit in April.
Trump’s decision to meet Kim has sparked concerns in Japan that the U. S. leader could do a deal that would protect America’s homeland but leave Japan vulnerable, while a rapid turnover in key White House personnel has meant Japanese officials are having to deal with a changing line-up.
„I think the U. S. and Japan are in sync for this North Korea issue. It is important for the international community as a whole to keep maximum pressure on North Korea until North Korea takes concrete steps toward complete irreversible and verifiable denuclearisation,“ Foreign Minister Taro Kono told Reuters in an interview.
Kono, who recently met U. S. officials in Washington, also said Washington agreed with Tokyo that North Korea must abandon its medium- and short-range missiles as well as ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) capable of hitting the U.
