Pyongyang agrees to hold bilateral talks with Tokyo in October but its position on the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by its agents is that it has been "fully resolved," a senior North Korean official said here Friday.

The comments were made by Jong Thae Hwa, a former top negotiator in normalization talks with Japan, to media organizations.

Jong said the only pending abduction issue pertains to remains handed over to Japan that the North claims were of abductee Megumi Yokota, and Pyongyang will refuse further demands from Tokyo for evidence or an expanded probe.