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KCNA Urges Japan to Make Political Decision

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- The international community has expected a change in Japan's foreign policy since the appearance of a new Cabinet and new prime minister there.
    But nothing has changed in its foreign policy orientation including its policy towards the DPRK.
    At a recent meeting of the working group on economic and energy aid of the six-party talks Japan sidestepped economic aid to the DPRK under the pretext of the "abduction issue." It is persisting in its unilateral sanctions against the DPRK. The House of Representatives of Japan approved another bill on extending the sanctions against the DPRK including a total ban on imports from the DPRK and embargo on DPRK-flagged ships.
    This proves that it has not departed even a bit from the mean political mode whereby its preceding regime adopted it as a policy to slap sanctions on the DPRK, oft-repeating a trite stance that it can never take part in economic aid unless progress is made in settling the "abduction issue."
    As well known, the DPRK has taken practical measures for the denuclearization under an agreement adopted by the six parties and the countries concerned have sincerely honored their commitments under it.
    However, it is only Japan which is throwing a hurdle in the way of the talks while evading the commitment it made at the six-party talks.
    The above-said facts raise a question as to whether Japan is qualified to attend the six-party talks or not.
    It is the calculation of the Japanese ultra-nationalists that they can secure a justification for militarization and nuclear weaponization by scuttling the six-party talks aimed at settling the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
    The present Japanese Cabinet seems to be not in a position to make any decision to make a switchover in its foreign policy as it is under the strong pressure of ultra-right conservative forces at home.
    Japan's sanctions against the DPRK are quite contrary to the trend of the overall international situation and will only result in making the hostile relations between the DPRK and Japan further fester.
    It would be a right option for Japan to drop its trite, hard-line and conservative approach toward the DPRK and thus swim with the trend of the times.