Lee, Hatoyama call for one-step denuclearization of N. Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime
Minister Yukio Hatoyama agreed Friday to seek a "comprehensive" solution to
ending North Korea's nuclear development through a package deal.

"We agreed on the need for a fundamental and comprehensive solution to the North
Korean nuclear issue that will not lead to the negotiation tactics of the past,
and we agreed to work closely together on a way to resolve the issue in a single
step," Lee said in a joint press conference after his summit with the Japanese
prime minister.
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