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Article: JAPAN-SOUTH KOREA: TALKS WILL FOCUS ON SPLIT OVER NORTH KOREA
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- June 4, 2003
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TOKYO, Jun. 4 (IPS/GIN) -- Japan and South Korea are worried
about the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programme, but the gap
in their approaches to Pyongyang is unlikely to be bridged in this
week's visit to Tokyo by South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun.
"President Roh's visit is basically going to end up as another
courtesy call," says Katsuhiro Sato, head of the Modern Korea
Institute, a think tank on issues relating to the Korean Peninsula.
'The summit is expected to achieve no major breakthrough."
Roh will arrive in Japan on Friday afternoon for a three-day
visit. He is scheduled to hold high-level meetings with Japanese
Prime Minister Junichiro ...