North Korean officials told Japanese lawmakers that Pyongyang is ready to send the family members of the five former Japanese abductees to Japan if they go to the Pyongyang airport to meet them, Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Katsuei Hirasawa said Thursday.
The Japanese lawmakers rejected the proposal, Hirasawa told reporters.
The move may indicate that North Korea is softening its stance on solving the deadlocked abduction issue, now that the six-nation talks on its nuclear threat are on hold.