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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe praised on Sunday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's conduct on denuclearization talks with North Korean officials who accused America's top diplomat of making "gangster-like" demands.
"I would like to pay my tribute North Korea, "Abe said when he puts Pompeo at his residence in Tokyo. "This really shows the unwavering bond of Japan-U.S. alliance. "
North Korea's accusation that Pompeo had made" gangster-like "demands, which came after Pyongyang on Friday, contradicted Pompeo's comments on Saturday that he had made progress on" almost all of the central issues ".
A statement from a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said: "The high-level talks of this time we are in a dangerous situation where we are being shaken up by our denuclearization, rather than consolidating trust between the DPRK and the US "
The statement, which referred to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was made by KCNA news agency on Saturday.
Pompeo reassured Abe he had been raised during his stay in North Korea the issue of Japanese people abducted by North Korean agents to train his spies.
"The settlement of the outstanding issues of concern surrounding North Korea, including the nuclear, missile and abduction issues, will be extremely important for Japan and also extremely important for peace and stability in the world," Pompeo told Abe.
In addition to demanding that North Korea agree to the complete, verifiable and, irreversible abandonment of its nuclear weapons and missile programs, the United States of America is still in the process of providing financial services.
Pompeo with Taro Kono. He did not reply when he was asked to come back to North Korea's statement.
Pompeo said before heading to North Korea he was seeking to "fill in" details on North Korea's commitments and maintain the momentum towards implementing the agreement between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore last month , according to a pool report.
Kim made a broad commitment to the Singapore summit to "work toward denuclearization", but did not give details on how or when he would dismantle North Korea's nuclear program. Trump pledged a large-scale military drills with South Korea during denuclearization talks with North Korea.
Pompeo wanted to agree on at least an initial list of nuclear sites and an inventory that could be checked against the available intelligence, U.S. intelligence officials told Reuters earlier.
Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, said it was a danger war action could be called Kim.
"But this is not a serious test of diplomacy," Haass tweeted.
Pompeo will hold three-way talks with Kono and South Kang Kyung-Wha in Japan later on Sunday.
Reporting by David Brunnstrom and Nobuhiro Kubo; Writing by Tim Kelly; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Paul Tait
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