Japan on Wednesday urged Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks after the latter demanded international nuclear inspectors leave the country.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, a top government spokesperson, told a regular press conference that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should "listen to international opinion and return to the six-party talks."
He also noted the need for Japan to cooperate with related countries, such as the United States and South Korea, in dealing with the matter.
The DPRK on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the six-party talks after the U.N. Security Council adopted a presidential statement on its April 5 rocket launch.
Later in the day, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA )inspectors in the DPRK were asked to leave the country, according to a statement by IAEA spokesperson Marc Vidricaire.
A TV-grab from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Television on April 7 shows the inside of the control room where the three-stage rocket, is screened from a launch site in an undisclosed location in DPRK The UNSC presidential statement said the DPRK's launching activity was "in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718" and urging the early resumption of the six-party talks.
Source:Xinhua
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