North Korea's Foreign Minister declares ”refusal” to make contact with Japan... ”Any attempts at contact will not be tolerated”

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said on the 29th, ``Asahi (Japan-North Korea) dialogue is not our concern, and we will not tolerate any attempt by Japan to make contact.''
Following Kim Yo Jong, deputy director of the Workers' Party of Korea, who is the younger sister of Kim Jung Eun, even Foreign Minister Choi has publicly expressed his intention to refuse.
With this, it appears that the push for a Japan-North Korea summit has virtually disappeared. In a statement on the same day, Foreign Minister Choi said, ``Prime Minister Fumio Kishida once again mentioned the abduction issue'' and said, ``To resolve various issues between Japan and North Korea,
"We will continue to make efforts based on the policy," he said, adding, "I don't understand why they ignore reality and fixate on things that cannot be achieved or problems that have no solution, and persist to the end."
Told. He went on to stress, ``Not only are we unable to resolve the abduction issue that Japan is talking about, we have no obligation to make any effort, nor do we have any intention to do so.''
. Foreign Minister Choi said, ``We will always respond resolutely to any obstruction or interference by Japan in the exercise of our sovereignty,'' adding, ``This is the position of the government of our republic.''
Prior to Foreign Minister Choi's statement, North Korean Ambassador to China Ri Yong-nam said, ``On the 28th, officials from the Japanese embassy in China contacted the counselor at our embassy via email.
"We will not meet with the Japanese side." He continued, ``I would like to reiterate my position that ``the Republic will never meet with the Japanese side at any level.''
I will make it clear.”