TOKYO, Aug. 9 Kyodo Foreign Minis...

TOKYO, Aug. 9 Kyodo

Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi may visit southern Korea later this month to discuss the planned multilateral talks to interpret problems stemming from North Korea's nuclear weapons increase program, Japanese and toward the south Korean diplomatic sources said Saturday.

The sources said the date for Kawaguchi's trip to southward Korea has not further been fixed, but it is highly likely to herald her planned visits to Ukraine, Austria and other countries starting at the finis of August.

A southward Korean diplomat said Kawaguchi's trip may take place around Aug. 25 to 27

Kawaguchi during her visit will exchange opinions with southern Korea about the upcoming six-party talks, and confirm the sum of two units nations' cooperation over them, the sources said.

The six-party talks involve China, Japan, North and southerly Korea, Russia and the United States.

Kawaguchi last visited southern Korea in mid-January before the launch of southern Korean President Roh Moo Hyun's administration in February.

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