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http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/ Japan terms N. Korea talks 'worse than stalemate' Tokyo is frustrated that talks with North Korea did not produce results on the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals and other matters. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi termed the lack of results "discouraging" but called for patience. A senior Foreign Ministry official said the "outcome was worse than a stalemate." In response to Japanese requests for further action on North Korea resolving the cases of missing Japanese who were abducted and used for intelligence training in North Korea, Pyongyang made counter demands that Japan turn over nongovernmental workers helping North Korean defectors. The counter-demand "makes us skeptical about just how sincere they are to come to a conclusion over their abduction of our people," said Kunio Umeda, Japan's lead negotiator on abduction issues. The talks employed a new three-track format, with separate panels discussing the abductions of Japanese nationals, normalization of diplomatic relations, and Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. Japan's strategy was to dangle economic benefits in return for more efforts by Pyongyang to resolve the abduction issue. North Korea also demanded the lifting of economic sanctions as a condition for returning to the six-party nuclear talks. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
