IAEA Secretary-General Grossi ‘Prioritizes North Korea-Japan summit over NK nuclear inspection’

IAEA Secretary-General Grossi ‘Prioritizes North Korea-Japan summit over North Korean nuclear inspection’

The IAEA Secretary-General said in Japan that the North Korea-Japan summit would take precedence over the North Korean nuclear inspection and announced that he would visit China within the year.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said in a Reuters interview in Tokyo on the 12th, “We support Japan’s push to hold a summit with North Korea even if discussions on North Korea’s nuclear build-up are not discussed at first.”
When Secretary General Grossi was asked by Reuters whether he would support Japan's talks with North Korea even if the nuclear proliferation issue is not discussed, Secretary General Grossi said, "It is very important to participate. As for the conditions of the talks, I will not tell Prime Minister Kishida to do this or that. But I will say what I will say." What we can say is that participation is essential,” he said.
Reuters reported this: “The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that he supports Japan’s push to hold a summit with North Korea, even if North Korea’s nuclear buildup is not discussed at first.”
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said from his first day in office that he wants to hold talks with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un "without preconditions," and is directly supervising the efforts of political parties and the government to achieve the first North Korea-Japan summit in 20 years.
On the 15th of last month, Chairman Kim Jong-un's younger sister, Vice-Minister of the Workers' Party Kim Yo-jong, said through the Korean Central News Agency that "Prime Minister Kishida may visit Pyongyang someday."
Secretary-General Grossi came to Japan just before the Asian Football Confederation notified the Japan Football Federation on the 11th that the North Korea-Japan Football World Cup qualifier will be held at Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang on the 26th, and on the 12th, he took a practical 'approval measure' for 'Prime Minister Kishida's visit to North Korea'. ' was published in Reuters.
The IAEA has been unable to access North Korea since North Korea expelled its inspectors in 2009, but has repeatedly raised concerns about North Korea's nuclear development and buildup of nuclear weapons.
Secretary-General Grossi will hold talks with Prime Minister Kishida during his trip to Japan.
Secretary-General Grossi's visit to Japan was announced externally as a visit to the Fukushima nuclear power plant to oversee the IAEA's discharge of treated wastewater into the sea.
Secretary-General Grossi told Reuters that China's response was a "political decision" and that "the IAEA's independent testing showed that the nuclear leak was safe."
Reuters reported that “he plans to visit Beijing later this year for the first time since discharge began last year,” and that he was “willing to discuss China’s request to strengthen monitoring of discharge.”
“The IAEA is open to analyzing ways to strengthen this, but I think what we are providing to the international community is neutral, fair and scientifically proven information,” Grossi told Reuters about the treatment of contaminated water. said.

During the 'Shield of Freedom' joint exercise, the US-ROK Combined Forces Command interviewed a Wall Street Journal reporter in the Osan bunker on the 11th and announced 'prevention of North Korea's use of nuclear weapons' and 'recognition of North Korea as a state possessing nuclear weapons'. The deputy commander of the South Korean military agreed with WSJ on this. I went through the process of being interviewed.