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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 14 March 2018

Japan’s Abe:

North Korea must take real steps to denuclearization

By M. YAMAGUCHI cials in Beijing.
Associated Press “I think it was very mean-
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese ingful that Workers Party of
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Korea Chairman Kim Jong
met with South Korea’s in- Un expressed his intentions
telligence chief on Tues- toward denuclearization in
day, and said that while his own words,” Suh said.
he welcomes any dialogue He said he hoped to con-
with North Korea regarding vey Moon’s message that
the country’s denuclear- cooperation between the
ization, the North must take two countries is crucial to
real steps toward that goal. push forward a move to-
“I believe it is extremely im- ward peace on the Korean
portant that North Korea Peninsula.
takes concrete actions to On Monday, Japanese
achieve what it has said,” Foreign Minister Taro Kono,
Abe said at the beginning after meeting with Suh,
of talks with South Korean credited recent changes
intelligence chief Suh Hoon. in North Korea’s position to
President Donald Trump increased pressure by the
has agreed to meet North international community,
Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said the pressure must
by May, and South Korean continue until the North
President Moon Jae-in is set fulfills its promises with con- South Korea’s National Intelligence Service Chief Suh Hoon, left, shakes hands with Japanese
to meet Kim in late April. crete actions. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to a meeting in Tokyo Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
Suh was in Tokyo to brief In Beijing on Monday, South (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo/AP)
Japanese officials on de- Korea’s national security
velopments. He was part of director, Chung Eui-yong, Xi told Chung the peninsula North Korea’s foreign Security Council resolutions
a South Korean delegation met with Chinese President was “facing an important trade, more than 90 per- aimed at pressuring the
that met Kim in Pyongyang Xi Jinping and praised his opportunity of mitigation cent of which passes North into ceasing its nu-
last week. Another senior role in contributing to the and dialogue,” according through China, has taken clear and missile tests and
member of the delegation recent positive changes on to Chinese state broad- a hit since Beijing agreed rejoining denuclearization
has briefed Chinese offi- the Korean Peninsula. caster CCTV. to increasingly harsh U.N. talks.q

Venezuelan police arrest Chavez’s ex-spy chief at event

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ ists from his political move- In a statement read on son” be met with “severity.” and income.
JOSHUA GOODMAN ment in a Caracas hotel state TV, the government Rodriguez Torres is a former In his speech Tuesday, he
Associated Press when he calmly stopped said Rodriguez Torres was army major general who called for electoral authori-
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) his speech and left the po- being sought by the judi- served alongside Chavez in ties to uphold Venezuela’s
— Venezuelan police on dium, saying he had “re- ciary for plotting to under- a failed 1992 coup. For over constitution and provide
Tuesday arrested Hugo ceived a notification that mine the military’s chain of a year, he has been qui- guarantees that the up-
Chavez’s powerful former requires me to urgently command and disturb the etly building a movement coming presidential elec-
spy chief, on accusations leave.” Indira Urbaneja, peace. “The criminal ac- to challenge Maduro in tion will be free and fair.
of sowing unrest as he leads an aide who was also de- tions planned by this gen- presidential elections, but Several prominent oppo-
a movement of disgruntled tained at the event, said tleman and his accomplic- earlier this year was barred nents of Maduro’s socialist
leftists seeking to replace the two were taken to the es include armed actions from holding office for 12 administration have been
President Nicolas Maduro. Sebin headquarters before and conspiring against months on what supporters barred from competing in
Miguel Rodriguez Torres she was released and Ro- our constitution,” said the call trumped-up charges of the May vote while several
was speaking at an event driguez Torres was taken to statement, which demand- not presenting a sworn af- other have been exiled or
organized by female activ- another unknown location. ed Rodriguez Torres’ “trea- fidavit declaring his assets jailed.q