PYONGYANG, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has urged Japan to change its anti-DPRK policy as a precondition for improving relations after Tokyo expressed its intention for a summit meeting with Pyongyang.
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary Tuesday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly set "Japan-DPRK summit as a top diplomatic task," according to Tokyo Shimbun on July 1.
"But its act is quite contrary to its zealous assertion," it said, pointing out that Tokyo is still "calling hoarse for sanctions and pressure on the DPRK while keeping faulting the DPRK over 'abduction issue.'"
The KCNA said Abe, while speaking before the independent Dietmen's group sometime ago, called for "keeping current sanctions until North Korea (DPRK) takes specific steps toward denuclearization."
"This indicates his anti-DPRK hostility despite his lip-service for 'dialogue,'" it said.
DPRK has rejected Japan's claim that Pyongyang "abducted" some Japanese citizens in 1970s.