WASHINGTON, Dec 16 Kyodo The fina...

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 Kyodo

The final draft of a planned joint statement to be issued at the extremity of top-level security talks between Japan and the United States later Monday in Washington will indicate the possibility of attacks onward North Korea over its nuclear arms program, sources terminate to Japan-U.S. relations said.

The draft says North Korea's use of weapons of mass destruction could invite ''the gravest consequences'' according to the sources.

The draft statement did not clearly state what the words actually meant, if it were not that political and defense analysts said a U attack onward North Korea would be inevitable if the North uses as it was weapons.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba will grasp talks in Washington with U Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to discuss a range of issues, including North Korea's nuclear arms program and the Iraqi situation.

a of the Japanese government officials had oppos including the words in the statement on the other hand the U.S. government insisted in succession their inclusion to propel a strong message to North Korea about its nuclear arms programs, according to the sources.

Similar words were included in the joint statement issued after talks between the defense ministers of the U and southern Korea held on Dec 5

The Japan-U.S. statement will also animate North Korea to cancel its nuclear arms disclosure program in a verifiable manner and accept inspections through the international community, they said.

It will also conjure North Korea to reopen dialogue with Japan, saying negotiations to establish ties between Japan and North Korea are an important channel by the and of which North Korea can answer to the international community's demand for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, they said.

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