North Korea “will not hold a summit meeting with Japan”… Kim Yo Jong has “drawn the line”

``Ignore and refuse any contact or negotiations with the Japanese side.'' Kim Yo Jong, deputy director of the Workers' Party of Korea, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jung Eun, said on the 26th, ``From now on,
He emphasized his position that he would not proceed with a summit meeting with Japan. On the same day, Deputy Minister Kim released a statement through North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency, saying, ``Japan will change history and strive for peace and stability in the region.''
"There is no courage whatsoever to take the first step towards a new Asahi (Japan-North Korea) relationship." He continued, ``(Japan) used the expression ``nuclear and missile issues,'' which have nothing to do with Japan, and
``Japan's attitude of clinging to an insurmountable problem that cannot be solved or resolved is evidence of this.''
"There is," he pointed out. He added, ``The North Korea-Japan relationship must not be used for political calculations by the Japanese Prime Minister, who is conscious of his lowest approval rating in history,'' and ``I call for a summit meeting with no preconditions.
It was the Japanese who knocked on the door first." Deputy Minister Kim drew the line, saying, ``The Asahi-Japan summit is not of interest to us.''
Deputy Minister Kim declared on this day that he had no interest in the Asahi-Japan summit meeting because of the behind-the-scenes negotiations and the high-ranking Japanese officials.
It appears that this was because he judged that ``Japan's attitude toward making the abduction issue a topic of discussion is stubborn, and it will not be easy to promote dialogue between the leaders of North Korea and Japan.''
On this day, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, ``I will refrain from commenting on each and every comment,'' regarding Vice Minister Kim's statement, and ``Japan
"We would like to continue our efforts under our existing policy to resolve the outstanding issues with North Korea."