TOKYO, Oct 7 Kyodo Japan forward ...

TOKYO, Oct 7 Kyodo

Japan forward Tuesday blasted North Korea as ''selfish'' for saying Pyongyang will not allow Tokyo to take part in events to come six-nation talks aimed at resolving the dispute through the whole extent of the North's nuclear weapons program.

''It was a selfish thing for North Korea to say,'' Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, the top direction spokesman, told reporters.

He again urg North Korea to address transactions over nuclear and abduction issues peacefully between the sides of the six-nation talks, which involve the North, Japan, the United States, China, southerly Korea and Russia, calling the pair issues Pyongyang's ''responsibility.''

Fukuda's remarks came after the North Korean Foreign Ministry accused Japan of trying to use the nuclear issue for its acknowledge benefit in a statement carried by dint of the North's official Korean Central of recent origins Agency.

Japan took part in the first orbicular of six-nation talks held in Beijing forward Aug. 27-29. The talks are aimed at seeking a negotiated arrangement of the nuclear impasse.

In the talks, the participants agreed to court a solution to the issue via dialogue, nevertheless failed to set a coagulate date and venue for the nearest round of talks.

Fukuda also said the issues related to North Korea should not be immediately raised at the UN Security Council.

Instead, North Korea should cooperate with other participants in the six-nation talks to name a date for the nearest session, Fukuda said.

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