Kenichiro Sasae
Kenichiro Sasae
Kenichiro Sasaeis a Japanese diplomat and the current Japan's ambassador to the United States. He was Deputy Director-General of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representative of Japan during the six-party talks to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. On 19 August 2012, as Vice Foreign Minister, Kenichiro Sasae expressed that the protests made by China are "unacceptable" and voiced regret...
achieved prospects satisfied
No breakthrough has been achieved at this point. The prospects are not bright. We are not satisfied with the situation.
achieve china cooperation hope issue japan serve showing strongly test whether
The issue is an important one that will serve as a litmus test for showing whether cooperation between Japan and China can work. I strongly hope to achieve results.
korea north playing suspicions wipe
North Korea should wipe out suspicions it is playing for time,
desirable issue nuclear obstacles quickly resolve various
The issue is how quickly we can resolve the nuclear dispute, and it is not desirable to place various obstacles before that.
advancing agreement believe direction reaching talks
I believe there is a possibility of reaching an agreement. Talks are in the direction of advancing now more than they were Sunday.
aim central ensure korea measures north nuclear promise specific talks
The central aim of the talks is to come up with specific measures to ensure that North Korea keep its promise to give up its nuclear weapons.
agreeing common document mean problems solution
Agreeing a common document does not mean that the solution to our problems has been found.
abandon achieving entire establish goal joint korea months nine north nuclear pace program proposals six specific weapons
If we can establish a specific goal of between six to nine months for having North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program and rejoin the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, we will be able to establish a more forward-looking implementation pace for achieving the proposals of the entire joint statement.
agreement concrete firmly implement intention question reached
Overall, they have an intention to firmly implement the agreement. But the question is how they will do that in a concrete way and no agreement has been reached on that score.
agreement believe chance progress reaching until whether
I believe there is a chance of reaching an agreement. We don't know whether there has been progress until we have a meeting.
agreement large positions prospects remain talks
The talks are deadlocked. The differences between positions remain large and there are no prospects of agreement.
address case issue priorities taking talks
The abduction issue is one of the priorities we have to address through bilateral talks or taking the case to the six-party talks.
prospect
There has been no breakthrough to this point, and the prospect is not bright.
agreement chance reaching
There is still a chance of reaching an agreement.