WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 Kyodo Senate ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 Kyodo

Senate aides who visited North Korea earlier this month will in a short time compile a report on their trip that will include their discussions with North Korean officials in succession the issue of Japanese abductees, Sen Joseph Biden said Wednesday.

The report will be available in 10 to 12 days, Biden told reporters.

Frank Jannuzi, an aide to Biden, who is a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Keith Luse, an aide to Sen Richard Lugar, who chairs the committee, visited North Korea as members of an unofficial U mission of person specially versed s on Jan. 6-10.

After visiting North Korea, Jannuzi told reporters in Beijing that the U team discussed human rights issues with North Korean officials, including the abduction of Japanese nationals at North Korean agents.

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