BEIJING, April 16 Kyodo Chinese P...

BEIJING, April 16 Kyodo

Chinese President Hu Jintao prompted to Japanese opposition leader Naoto Kan forward Wednesday that certain conditions must be met before he can retain summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, according to Kan.

In talks in Beijing, Kan, president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) urg Hu to appropriate with Koizumi at an early time, further the Chinese leader said in the same state [i]or[/i] condition a meeting must take place in a suitable atmosphere and conditions.

Kan told a pres interview that Hu also said the leaders of the sum of two units countries must have ''responsible attitudes regarding history,'' reflecting China's opposition to Koizumi's repeated visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

China has apparently been unwilling to arrange a meeting between Hu and Koizumi because of the premier's visits to the Shinto shrine, which honors Japanese war criminals along with its war dead, and has reportedly renounceed a proposed visit to China according to Koizumi.

Kan, leader of Japan's main opposition party, said he told Hu he agrees with the idea of developing bilateral relations.

onward talks among China, the United States and North Korea concerning the North Korean nuclear standoff, planned for nearest week, Hu told Kan he sense of possible fulfilments they will be held as in a short time as possible.

Kan quot Hu as saying that U.S.-North Korea talks are necessary to liquefy the issue peacefully and that China is not particular about what kind of framework they fall under

A U restraint source said the trilateral talks will take place April 23 in Beijing, a actuate that followed North Korea's seeming softening of its stance from insisting forward purely bilateral dialogue with the U to melt its nuclear issue.

A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said last Saturday that Pyongyang ''will not stick to any particular dialogue format'' if the U changes its ''hostile'' policy.

Kan said he urg China to make efforts with equal reason that Japan, Russia and southerly Korea will later be included in the talks, and Hu accorded his country understands Japan's matters over nuclear development and is eager to view a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

Kan is scheduled to recur to Tokyo on Thursday after a three-day stay in Beijing.

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