The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida communicated his intention to meet with the reclusive leader.
| North Korea said on Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has proposed a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as North Korea urged Japan to show sincerity toward improving bilateral ties and realising their countries’ first summit in about 20 years.
Kim Yo-jong said there will be no breakthrough in North Korea-Japan relations as long as Mr Kishida’s government raises the issue of Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea in past decades and opposes what she described as the North’s “exercise of sovereign rights,” apparently referring to the North’s weapons testing activities.
“As long as Japan is hostile toward and infringes our sovereign rights, we will consider it as an enemy that is within our target, not as a friend,” Kim Yo-jong said. “The prime minister should know that he won’t be able to meet the leadership of our country just because he wants to or just because he’s determined to.
In February, Kim Yo-jong issued a similar statement on bilateral ties. She said North Korea was open to improving relationships with Japan and even invited Mr Kishida to Pyongyang.
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