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"Japan is a U.S. State"

P. S. Suryanarayana

SINGAPORE: North Korea on Saturday asked Japan to withdraw from the six-party talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

Noting that it had "never asked Tokyo to participate" in the process, the Foreign Ministry said, "It would be much better for Japan to refrain from participating. Fewer attendants would not be bad for making the talks fruitful."

Pyongyang's tirade follows Tokyo's suggestion that no multilateral talks could be held with a nuclear-armed North Korea. The North Korean statement said it opposed Japan's participation as Tokyo was "no more than a State of the U.S."

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