North Korean abductee family association meets with senior director of the US National Security Council and requests to raise the abduction issue

[Washington Current Affairs] On the 23rd, the Liaison Committee for Families of Victims Abducted by North Korea (Family Association) and the bipartisan Abduction Coalition met with Senior Director Khanapathy of the National Security Council (NSC) in Washington, D.C., where they visited. Given that President Trump has expressed interest in holding a US-North Korea summit, he requested that the abduction issue be raised if that happens.

Is North Korea cautious after the ``trauma of Hanoi''? We will wait and see with China and Russia backing Trump.

Takuya, the younger brother of Megumi Yokota (13 years old at the time of her abduction) and a representative of her family's association, held a press conference and called for the early return of all abductees to their homeland, emphasizing, ``I hope Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Korean Workers' Party, will make a courageous and wise decision.'' At the meeting, he showed photos of Megumi and explained, ``I wanted them to know the reality that their normal daily lives were taken away from them.''

In response, the US side stated, ``We continue to support the immediate resolution of the abductions issue.''