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| N. Korea won’t have ‘bright future’ if it keeps testing nukes & missiles – Japan PM Abe | N. Korea won’t have ‘bright future’ if it keeps testing nukes & missiles – Japan PM Abe |
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| North Korean nuclear and missile programs are a serious threat to global stability, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, adding that if Pyongyang continued to pursue its agenda, it will not have a “bright future.” | North Korean nuclear and missile programs are a serious threat to global stability, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, adding that if Pyongyang continued to pursue its agenda, it will not have a “bright future.” |
| “Today at the meeting with President Putin we had a profound discussion of the North Korea issue, which is now a threat that requires an urgent response,” Shinzo Abe told a joint press conference with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum on Thursday. | “Today at the meeting with President Putin we had a profound discussion of the North Korea issue, which is now a threat that requires an urgent response,” Shinzo Abe told a joint press conference with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum on Thursday. |
| “This is a serious threat to peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula; this is a serious challenge to the global non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. We have the same understanding of the situation. I condemn North Korea in the strongest verbal form possible for the nuclear testing conducted.” | “This is a serious threat to peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula; this is a serious challenge to the global non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. We have the same understanding of the situation. I condemn North Korea in the strongest verbal form possible for the nuclear testing conducted.” |
| “If North Korea follows this path, it will not have a bright future. This is a message that should be sent to North Korea to make it change its stance,” Abe stressed. | “If North Korea follows this path, it will not have a bright future. This is a message that should be sent to North Korea to make it change its stance,” Abe stressed. |
| Russia and Japan have reached a common understanding of the Korean Peninsula’s issues and will cooperate closely, including within the UN Security Council, Abe added. | Russia and Japan have reached a common understanding of the Korean Peninsula’s issues and will cooperate closely, including within the UN Security Council, Abe added. |
| “Indeed, a lot of attention has been paid to the crisis on the Korean Peninsula at the talks. We’ve already raised it during the telephone talks on September 3 and today we followed with the detailed discussions,” Putin said. | |
| “We have decisively condemned the launch of the medium-range ballistic missile which flew over Japanese territory on August 28, as well as another nuclear test carried out on September 3,” Putin said. “Through its actions, Pyongyang indeed creates a serious threat to the peace and security in the whole region.” | |
| The president also reiterated the idea that the Korean standoff could be untangled only through dialogue and diplomacy. |