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Japan PM Shinzo Abe says North Korea must take 'concrete actions' to achieve denuclearisation

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Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said that while he welcomes any dialogue with North Korea regarding the country’s denuclearization, the North must take real steps toward that goal.
Tokya:  Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe met with South Korea’s intelligence chief on Tuesday, and said that while he welcomes any dialogue with North Korea regarding the country’s denuclearisation, the North must take real steps toward that goal.
« I believe it is extremely important that North Korea takes concrete actions to achieve what it has said, » Abe said at the beginning of talks with South Korean intelligence chief Suh Hoon.
US president Donald Trump has agreed to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to meet Kim in late April.
Suh was in Tokyo to brief Japanese officials on developments. He was part of a South Korean delegation that met Kim in Pyongyang last week. Another senior member of the delegation has briefed Chinese officials in Beijing.
« I think it was very meaningful that Workers Party of Korea chairman Kim Jong Un expressed his intentions toward denuclearization in his own words, » Suh said.

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