North Korea's Kim Yo Jong: ”Prime Minister Kishida has offered us a 'summit meeting'”

Kim Yo Jong, deputy director of North Korea's Workers' Party, announced on the 25th that ``Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has requested a summit meeting.''
On the same day, Deputy Minister Kim said in a statement released through North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency, ``
Prime Minister Jeon recently communicated to us through another channel that he would like to meet directly with the general secretary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as soon as possible.
Vice Minister Kim said, ``As I said the other day, what is important in making a new breakthrough in improving relations between Japan and North Korea is Japan's political decision.''
"The history of North Korea-Japan relations has taught us that a relationship filled with mistrust and misunderstanding cannot be resolved with a stance."
He continued, ``As in the past, Japan is trying to interfere in the exercise of our sovereign rights, and we will not continue to do so.''
If the prime minister concentrates on the abduction issue, which cannot be solved and has no way of knowing, it will be inevitable that the prime minister's proposal will be seen as nothing more than a popularity gambit.''
He also said, ``If Japan sincerely wishes to resolve the relationship between the two countries, become our close neighbor, and help ensure peace and stability in the region,
"It requires the political courage to make strategic choices that are in the overall interests of the country," he added.