(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Kyo may 28 (qna) - japan and north korea are set to wrap up three days of negotiations wednesday in stockholm with observers watching whether the two governments will reach an agreement for re-investigating the fates of japanese nationals pyongyang abducted in the 1970s and 1980s according to japan's (kyodo) news agency.
speaking to reporters after the second day of talks japanese delegate junichi ihara said tuesday night that he had "serious discussions" and a "tough exchange of words" with north korea but he declined to elaborate saying talks will continue wednesday morning.
ihara director general of the asian and oceanian affairs bureau at the foreign ministry said he had a total of five hours of talks tuesday with song il ho north korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with japan. the two talked for a total of four hours monday. (qna)
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