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TOKYO, Oct 24 (AFP): Japan and North Korea are considering resuming official bilateral talks on November 2 as the two nations attempt to normalise relations, a news report said Monday.
Tokyo and Pyongyang are arranging to hold the talks in Beijing, though more discussions are needed before the two countries confirm the schedule, Jiji Press said, citing Japanese and NKorean diplomats.
Japan said last month it would resume talks with North Korea which have been stalled for almost a year in a dispute over Japanese nationals who were kidnapped by Pyongyang until the 1980s to train the Stalinist regime's spies.
Tokyo's announcement came shortly after North Korea agreed to a statement of principles under which it would abandon its nuclear programme in return for security and aid guarantees.
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