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Japan, U.S., S. Korea to Discuss N. Korea on Tues.

Tokyo, April 21 (Jiji Press)--Senior diplomats from Japan, the United States and South Korea will meet in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss tensions involving North Korea, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday. The diplomats are expected to reaffirm the three countries' continued cooperation in responding to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, informed sources said. They also are likely to confirm their policy of seeking greater help from China, an ally of North Korea, in addressing the tensions, the sources said. The diplomats will coordinate three-way policy cooperation on North Korea, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference. The meeting will be joined by Kenji Kanasugi, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Joseph Yun, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Kim Hong-kyun, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs. The three are chief negotiators from Japan, the United States and South Korea for six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program. They last met in Washington in February. Suga said the situation does not allow the stalled six-party talks to be held anytime soon. The talks bring together China and Russia in addition to Japan, the United States and the two Koreas. END

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