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Japan's Political Bargaining Dismissed

KCNA

    Pyongyang, September 27 (KCNA) -- The Japanese government reiterated its stand on September 19 that it would not resume talks on normalizing relations with the DPRK unless the issue of abduction is settled. Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary dismisses this as a despicable move to wrest a sort of political concession from the DPRK while putting up the solution to the issue of abduction as a precondition for the normalization of the bilateral relations.
    Disclosing Japan's intention to evade its responsibility to redeem its past under the pretext of the issue of abduction and keep its past crimes buried into oblivion, the commentary goes on:
    The DPRK has lived and achieved steady progress in the absence of diplomatic relations with Japan for more than half a century. It is good to see the hostile relations between the two countries terminated and diplomatic relations established between them. But even if this does not happen the DPRK has no reason to worry about it. The Japanese ruling quarters should know well that the normalization of the relations between the two countries can by no means serve the purpose of meeting their political interests.
    The fact that the Japanese government insists on the issue of abduction as its main policy regarding its diplomacy towards the DPRK and as a precondition for the normalization of DPRK-Japan relations goes to prove that Japan is not interested in the implementation of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration and, on the contrary, regards it troublesome.
    Japan's violation of the declaration only pushes the bilateral relations to a grave phase of confrontation and jeopardizes peace and security in the region. This would be harmful to Japan, too.
    Japan had better liquidate its crime-woven past as early as possible and stop employing a sleight of hand in dealing with the issue.
    It should discard such wrong way of thinking as regarding the normalization of the bilateral relations as a "benefit" and "present" to be given to the DPRK.