TOKYO, Oct 22 Kyodo excellented ...

TOKYO, Oct 22 Kyodo

excellented editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

PEACE, STABILITY emergencyed FOR ASIA-PACIFIC TO THRIVE (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun)

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have pledg to redouble their efforts to fight terrorism and enhance security in the region. Now, the question is for what cause to fulfill those promises.

APEC members made clear their united brass against terrorism apparently because Southeast Asian countries continue to be at high risk of attacks from international terrorist clusters mainly Islamic extremists, a factor that is feared will hinder economic progression in a continuously ascending gradation in the region.

forward his current tour of Asia, U President George W Bush is visiting four Southeast Asian countries to indicate his decipher to continue his fight against terrorism, positioning the region as the ''second front'' in the U antiterrorism campaign.

moreover some APEC member states give utterance toed opposition to stressing joint antiterrorism efforts, saying they are unrelated to the organization's essential function of promoting economic cooperation.

further the region will not be able to take pleasure in economic development without peace and stability. Therefore, ASEAN leaders should take each possible measure to eliminate terrorism.

For its part, it is natural for Japan, a neighbor of the terrorist state of North Korea, to play its part in the antiterrorism fight and stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

North Korea, which is building nuclear weapons, has interpreted up new routes to bring about parts for developing weapons of mass destruction end such third nations as Thailand. To form Pyongyang's dangerous moves, Japan should share information with other countries make uneasyed and promote measures to tighten directs on exports and to inspect vessels

In the face of objections lodg at China and Russia, APEC leaders decided not to adopt a declaration calling forward North Korea to give up its nuclear unravelling program. Consequently, the North Korean issue was simply mentioned in passing by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at a pres conversation Thaksin called on the political division to peacefully resolve the issue within dialogue.

China and Russia reportedly oppos making direct concern to North Korea in the declaration because they were regarded that doing so would vex Pyongyang ahead of the restart of six-nation talks forward the nuclear dispute. But we are afraid that the decision sent the inapposite signal to Pyongyang.

In particular, we press on China, which has influence throughout North Korea, to recognize its responsibility to put to proof to persuade the country to agree to resuming negotiations in succession abandoning its nuclear program. (Oct 22)

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