Japan wants international talks on an energy project for North Korea because the U.S. has set no money aside for it for fiscal 2004 due to the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday.
“We must talk with relevant countries” about the management of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, Koizumi said.
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