US nuclear envoy visits Japan

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-11-2009 18:59

US Special Envoy for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Stephen Bosworth has arrived in Tokyo on the third stop of an Asian tour aimed at bringing the DPRK back to demilitarization talks.

U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth, left,  walks with Japanese nuclear envoy Akitaka Saiki Akitaka Saiki for a meeting at Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Bosworth met with his Japanese counterpart Akitaka Saiki on Monday. His trip to the region came in response to events that took place after the DPRK launched a rocket on April 5th.

The UN Security Council condemned the launch and punished the country by placing sanctions on three DPRK firms. Pyongyang retaliated by quitting the Six-Party nuclear negotiations, kicking out US and UN inspectors, and warning it may conduct nuclear or long-range missile tests if the UN and the U.S. refuse to apologize for the censure.

Editor:Xiong Qu