30 Quotes by Kenichiro Sasae

Overall, they have an intention to firmly implement the agreement. But the question is how they will do that in a concrete way and no agreement has been reached on that score.

The abduction issue is one of the priorities we have to address through bilateral talks or taking the case to the six-party talks.

We proposed our idea of joint development and demanded China to halt operations and provide information on gas and oil fields.

We hope that the Chinese side will present a constructive and positive view. I think that through this, we will be able to see the Chinese side's seriousness toward this issue.

We have already presented our position, and are expecting to hear what the Chinese side thinks about this.

We are not necessarily satisfied, ... working up to the last minute.

There has been no breakthrough to this point, and the prospect is not bright.

There is still a chance of reaching an agreement.

We are approaching the final stage. We are doing our most to reach an agreement, but much depends on North Korea's attitude.