Regarding the joint holding of an international symposium to discuss the abduction issue by North Korea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea announced a discourse reiterating that "all the abduction issues have already been resolved" with the international community. We have restrained both Japan and the United States, which place importance on collaborative responses.
On the 16th of this month, the Japanese government held an international symposium on the abduction issue by North Korea online with the United States, Australia, and the EU-European Union. We called on the international community to cooperate in order to return to Japan.
Regarding this, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea announced a discourse dated 27th in the name of a researcher at the Japan Research Institute under its umbrella, saying, "Japan will collude with the United States to reduce the image of Japan and isolate it internationally. It has a politically impure aim. "
He reiterated that "it is our unchanging position that the abduction issue has already been all resolved by our sincerity and efforts and no longer exists."
The discourse also argues that "all responsibility for the abduction issue lies with Japan and the United States, which are deceiving the international community," and restrained both Japan and the United States, which emphasize cooperation with the international community over the response to North Korea. I am.