Japan, US and South Korea discuss North Korea
(16 Jan 2016) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Tokyo - 16 January 2016 1. Wide of US Deputy Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki and South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam, walking in 2. Blinken, Saiki and Lim 3. Wide of Blinken, Saiki and Lim at meeting 4. Close of Blinken 5. Close of Lim Sung-nam 6. Close of Saiki 7. Wide of Blinken, Saiki and Lim walking into press conference 8. Mid of Blinken, Saiki and Lim 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, US Deputy Secretary of State: "The failure to take significant measures now almost guarantees that North Korea will continue to repeat this exercise of testing nuclear weapons or testing missiles." 10. Mid of press conference 11. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lim Sung-nam, South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister "The international community, as a whole, aims to resolve North Korea's nuclear test. If it's not resolved now, we may have to pay a greater price in the coming years. Therefore, we have to cooperate and we have to send a clear message on what we agreed upon." 12. Mid of press conference 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, US Deputy Secretary of State: "It's hard to take any of their overtures very seriously, particularly in the wake of their now fourth nuclear test." 14. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Akitaka Saiki, Japan's Vice Foreign Minister: "As the discussions by the related countries are currently ongoing, I cannot reveal at the moment the content of the resolution being discussed. But we would like to adopt the UN Security Council resolution, which has the strong content, as soon as possible." 15. Blinken, Saiki and Lim shaking hands and walking out STORYLINE: Senior diplomats from the U.S., Japan and South Korea concurred on Saturday on the need for a strong response in the U.N. Security Council to North Korea's recent nuclear test. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts said that a failure to send a clear message would risk further provocations by Pyongyang. The three said they agreed on the need for early adoption of the strongest resolution possible. But they did not give specifics of their talks, saying the discussions on a U.N. resolution were ongoing. All three said they were hoping that China, the North's closest ally and chief source of aid, would also work for a strong resolution. North Korea is urging the world community to accept it as a nuclear power. Pyongyang has said it could stop nuclear tests in exchange for the U.S. scrapping joint military drills with South Korea. It also is calling for a peace treaty with the U.S., echoing demands that were rejected by Washington in the past. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
