G-8 summit to press North Korea on abductions

The chairman's statement at the upcoming summit meeting in Germany of the leaders of the Group of Eight nations will call on North Korea to quickly resolve the abduction issue, according to government sources.

The June 6-8 meeting at Heiligendamm will be the first G-8 summit meeting for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose top priority is resolving the abduction of Japanese by North Korean agents. He plans to present the problem as a human rights issue that the international community should work on collectively. His counterparts are expected to support his argument.

This will be the fifth straight occasion since 2003 that the chairman's statement has addressed the abduction issue.
The Yomiuri Shimbun (May. 21, 2007) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20070521TDY01001.htm


6 parties don’t pick up abduction. So I want president Abe to show his leadership.