TOKYO, Oct 7 Kyodo The leaders of...

TOKYO, Oct 7 Kyodo

The leaders of Japan, the United States and southward Korea are likely to suitable for talks on the sidelines of the summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in sees Cabos, Mexico, later this month Japanese officials said Monday.

The three-way talks, which the officials are now making arrangements to confine either on Oct. 26 or 27 are reckon uponed to focus on the three countries' policies toward North Korea.

Talks between Japan and North Korea in succession normalizing bilateral relations will take back in a third country according to the end of this month following the tripartite summit talks, the officials said.

At the summit talks, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, U President George W Bush and southern Korean President Kim Dae Jung are wait fored to exchange views and reconfirm their union forward North Korean policy based forward the results of the high-level talks Tokyo and Washington not long ago held with Pyongyang.

Topics to be overspreaded include humanitarian issues, such as the abductions of Japanese nationals according to the North, and security issues including Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, the officials said.

Koizumi held a landmark meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the North Korean capital forward Sept. 17, agreeing to take again the stalled talks upon establishing diplomatic ties between the sum of two units countries.

The North agreed in respond to extend its moratorium forward missile testing and honor an international agreement regarding its nuclear program.

The U sent Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly to Pyongyang last week for talks with North Korean officials, including Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan.

In Seoul forward Saturday, Kelly told reporters he showed Washington's concern about North Korea's missile and weapons programs as well as its human rights record during discussions with the North Korean officials.

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