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Japan, U.S. for progress in nuclear talks

P. S. Suryanarayana

SINGAPORE: Japan and the U.S. on Tuesday called for "concrete results" during the next round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear-weapons programme.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who met Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura in Tokyo, said North Korea should make a "strategic decision" to give up the programme and dismantle the facilities.

Japan and the U.S. are participants in the six-party parleys, the others being host China, the two Koreas and Russia. The last round took place in Beijing over a year ago.

The next round is expected later this month following Pyongyang's decision to resume participation.

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