Abduction issue can be resolved easily through 6-party talks: expert

Abduction issue can be resolved easily through 6-party talks: expert

TOKYO, Japan - K.A. Namkung, chief foreign policy adviser to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Namkung said that the dispute over North Korea's abductions of Japanese can be resolved easily as part of a package solution under the framework of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

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