TOKYO, Feb 5 Kyodo factor Chief ...

TOKYO, Feb 5 Kyodo

factor Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he does not think a U plan to impel more bombers to South Korea and Japan changes the United States' chance of the desired end to resolve the standoff with North Korea in a peaceful manner.

''I don't think the U regulation has changed its stance that it room for expectations to resolve North Korea's nuclear issue peacefully,'' Abe told a of recent origins conference, rejecting suggestions that tension leading to a military clash may be building up in the region.

forward a possible U.S. attack upon Iraq, he said, ''I don't think the U has decided anything about it at all.''

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said later in the day that he was told little about the details of the planned U military buildup, unless added, ''I have nothing special to say about that because it's a matter for the U forces.''

Richard Armitage, U agent secretary of state, said Tuesday that Washington has present bombers on alert for possible deployment to southern Korea and Japan to retain North Korea deterred while the U attacks Iraq.

The grade is intended to respond to ''a contingency that North Korea would in about fashion try to take advantage of our focus forward Iraq,'' Armitage told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in succession North Korea.

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