Abe silent on visit
China Daily | Updated: 2013-05-16 08:06
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was tightlipped on Wednesday about a senior aide's surprise visit to Pyongyang and refused to give details on the purpose of the trip.
"As the prime minister, I have no comment on the matter," Abe told a parliamentary committee the day after special adviser Isao Iijima arrived in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Iijima was greeted at the airport in Pyongyang by Kim Chol-ho, vice-director of the DPRK Foreign Ministry's Asian affairs department, according to Japanese media.
AFP
(China Daily 05/16/2013 page11)
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