North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any

Context: Japan–North Korea relations.

North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any issue, including the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. This follows an announcement by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in which he stated his desire to meet with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un "without any preconditions".

Event summary via Wikipedia Current Events (2024-03-29).