Japan urged to mind its own business
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 12 (KCNA) -- Some time ago, Japanese Foreign Minister Kawaguchi said that it is the basic policy of the Japanese Government to settle the abduction issue and the issue of nuclear development, etc. in the direction of normalizing the relations between Japan and the DPRK. And she called for the establishment of the U.S.-Japan-South Korea "cooperation system" allegedly for a solution to the DPRK's "nuclear issue".
Commenting on her remarks, Rodong Sinmun today says:
Japan adds fuel to the U.S. moves to ignite a war on the Korean Peninsula while turning aside the implementation of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration and supporting the U.S. pressure on the DPRK over the nuclear issue. It is as foolish an act as lifting a rock only to drop it on one's own toes.
Kawaguchi's remarks run counter to the basic spirit of the declaration, ignoring the fundamentals of the DPRK-Japan relations.
In fact, the abduction issue, much touted by Japan, has already been settled and the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is a matter that has nothing to do with Japan.
Turning aside the past settlement, Japan is clamoring for the settlement of "abduction and nuclear development" issues, linking it with the matter of normalizing the bilateral relations.
Such moves only prove that it is behaving without any principle just to join the U.S. in its anti-DPRK nuclear racket.
High-ranking officials of Japan have implored other countries to put international pressure upon the DPRK or called for sanctions against it. Worse still, they went to the lengths of making provocative remarks that preemptive strikes should be made against North Korean military bases to remove "missile threat". These outbursts are intended to find a legitimate pretext for turning Japan into a military power and realizing its overseas military expansion, by joining the U.S. in its racket over "North Korea's nuclear threat" and evade the settlement of Japan's past.
If they are truly concerned for their country's security and hope for a peaceful solution of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese authorities should not meddle in the matters that have nothing to do with them, but concentrate efforts on the past settlement, a key point for normalizing the DPRK-Japan relations, as clarified in the Pyongyang declaration, and urge the United States to come out to the direct dialogue with the DPRK.
