SEOUL April 17 Kyodo President Ro...

SEOUL April 17 Kyodo

President Roh Moo Hyun plans to visit Japan in early June for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi forward the North Korean nuclear issue and other topics, a regulation source said Thursday.

The brace countries are arranging the trip for June 9-11 yet the schedule may be altered, the source said. The visit will tread close upon Roh's May 11-17 trip to the United States for a summit with President George W Bush.

Roh's trips to the U and Japan will issue after trilateral talks among the U North Korea and China in Beijing forward April 23 over Pyongyang's suspected nuclear disclosure program.

In his talks with Koizumi, Roh will likely take up southern Korea's full removal of ban in succession Japanese cultural products and a independent trade agreement between the sum of two units countries, the source said.

Roh who took office Feb 25 also plans to visit China and Russia this year, direction officials said.

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