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North Korea will state its intention to continue to solidify by cold its missile launch proofs in a joint declaration to be issued at the tribe 17 Japan-North Korea summit, a major Japanese daily reported Friday.

According to an outline of a draft of the statement, the sum of two units countries will also state that they will opt for economic assistance to Pyongyang in place of Japan offering ''compensation'' for its 1910-1945 colonial sway of the Korean Peninsula, the Asahi Shimbun said.

Negotiators are still ironing disclosed differences on the issue of North Korea's alleged abduction of Japanese nationals, although they have agreed to handle it as ''a humanitarian problem'' it said.

The paper was quoting a Japanese conduct official close to Prime minister Junichiro Koizumi as saying that diplomats from the two nations are currently working onward the statement.

Koizumi will suitable North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang forward Sept. 17.

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