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DPRK FM. Spokesman on Stand to Implement Spirit of DPRK-Japan Summit

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA as regards the prospect of the DPRK-Japan relations following the Japanese prime minister's visit to the DPRK: As already reported, the top leaders of the DPRK and Japan at a summit meeting and talks in Pyongyang on May 22 exchanged wide-ranging views on all the issues arising between the two countries including the issues of implementing the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration and restoring the bilateral confidence.
    In this regard, the DPRK is taking note of a series of practical and constructive moves taken by the Japanese side recently.
    The DPRK favorably appreciates a congratulatory message sent by Prime Minister Koizumi to the 20th Congress of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, in particular, in which he expressed his intention to make utmost efforts to normalize the Japan-DPRK ties.
    It is the DPRK's stand to remain true to the spirit of the DPRK-Japan summit meeting and materialize it.
    The DPRK, too, is doing necessary work to implement the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration and advance the matters discussed between the two sides.