• Taro Kono (left) proposed preconditions for the upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit, including a promise by Pyongyang to resolve the abduction issue, to U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and other top officials earlier this month. | AP / KYODO
    Taro Kono (left) proposed preconditions for the upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit, including a promise by Pyongyang to resolve the abduction issue, to U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and other top officials earlier this month. | AP / KYODO

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WASHINGTON – Japan has requested a set of additional preconditions for U.S. President Donald Trump to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, including a promise from Pyongyang to resolve the abduction issue and to abandon midrange ballistic missiles capable of hitting Japan, diplomatic sources said Saturday.

Foreign Minister Taro Kono made the request in separate talks in Washington earlier this month with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Trump’s nominee for next secretary of state, and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, the sources said.

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