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07TOKYO569
2007-02-08 05:06:00
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Embassy Tokyo
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MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
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UNCLAS TOKYO 000569
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Asahi gave top play to
an alleged agreement between the US and North Korea in
Berlin in January that Pyongyang would suspend operation
of its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon in exchange for energy
and humanitarian assistance.
UNCLAS TOKYO 000569
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Asahi gave top play to
an alleged agreement between the US and North Korea in
Berlin in January that Pyongyang would suspend operation
of its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon in exchange for energy
and humanitarian assistance.
1. "Six-Party Talks at a Turning Point" The liberal Asahi
editorialized (2/8): "...The six-party talks on North
Korea's nuclear ambitions will resume today in Beijing.
Because of past disappointments with North Korea, there
is no predicting what will result from this round of
talks. However, remarks by officials involved with the
talks suggest that there will be some developments this
time.... Unlike previous rounds of the talks, this time
the US and DPRK have had extensive bilateral meetings
beforehand.... We would like to welcome the deepening of
dialogue between the US and North Korea, which holds the
key to breaking the stalemate. What is important now is
to end the crisis and confrontation that arose from
Pyongyang's ballistic missile launches and nuclear test,
as well as the UNSC's adoption of a resolution calling
for sanctions against the DPRK.... The US and North Korea
have reportedly exchanged notes regarding the North's
suspension of operations of its nuclear reactor at
Yongbyon in exchange for energy assistance."
2. "US Should Maintain Its Basic Principles on DPRK
Policy" An editorial in the business daily Nihon Keizai
commented (2/8): "The six-party talks concerning North
Korea's nuclear program will resume today in Beijing....
We are concerned that the US is showing signs of
softening its previous position of calling for the
North's 'complete and irreversible' nuclear abolition. At
the talks, the US may be drawn to the stance of China,
South Korea, and Russia to provide energy and economic
assistance if the North promises to suspend operation of
its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.... The policy of
'dialogue and pressure' will break down should the US and
other nations provide energy and economic assistance
before the North details the scope and process of its
complete denuclearization.... It goes without saying that
Japan should maintain its own policy of not resuming
assistance to or normalizing relations with North Korea
without resolving the abduction issue."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Asahi gave top play to
an alleged agreement between the US and North Korea in
Berlin in January that Pyongyang would suspend operation
of its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon in exchange for energy
and humanitarian assistance.
1. "Six-Party Talks at a Turning Point" The liberal Asahi
editorialized (2/8): "...The six-party talks on North
Korea's nuclear ambitions will resume today in Beijing.
Because of past disappointments with North Korea, there
is no predicting what will result from this round of
talks. However, remarks by officials involved with the
talks suggest that there will be some developments this
time.... Unlike previous rounds of the talks, this time
the US and DPRK have had extensive bilateral meetings
beforehand.... We would like to welcome the deepening of
dialogue between the US and North Korea, which holds the
key to breaking the stalemate. What is important now is
to end the crisis and confrontation that arose from
Pyongyang's ballistic missile launches and nuclear test,
as well as the UNSC's adoption of a resolution calling
for sanctions against the DPRK.... The US and North Korea
have reportedly exchanged notes regarding the North's
suspension of operations of its nuclear reactor at
Yongbyon in exchange for energy assistance."
2. "US Should Maintain Its Basic Principles on DPRK
Policy" An editorial in the business daily Nihon Keizai
commented (2/8): "The six-party talks concerning North
Korea's nuclear program will resume today in Beijing....
We are concerned that the US is showing signs of
softening its previous position of calling for the
North's 'complete and irreversible' nuclear abolition. At
the talks, the US may be drawn to the stance of China,
South Korea, and Russia to provide energy and economic
assistance if the North promises to suspend operation of
its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.... The policy of
'dialogue and pressure' will break down should the US and
other nations provide energy and economic assistance
before the North details the scope and process of its
complete denuclearization.... It goes without saying that
Japan should maintain its own policy of not resuming
assistance to or normalizing relations with North Korea
without resolving the abduction issue."
SCHIEFFER