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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

US Department of State Daily Press Briefing Summary for September 16 (17th here in Korea)

Below is the summary of the US Department of State daily press briefing relevant to Northeast Asia:

JAPAN

  • U.S. congratulates the Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama on his appointment to Prime Minister in Japan
  • U.S. looks forward to talking to the new government
  • Government of Japan has to make its own decisions based on its own national interests
  • Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Campbell will be in Japan tomorrow (17 September)
  • Government of Japan to determine what kind of contribution they want to make to the war in Afghanistan

NORTH KOREA
  • Secretary Clinton has no plans to meet with North Korea at UNGA
  • Bilateral talks would have to be in the context of our multilateral forum Six-Party Talks
  • John Podesta was in NK in a private capacity and had no message from the administration
  • U.S. focus is on restarting this multilateral context and the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

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