Japan is looking for an improbable source of support in getting North Korea to cool it on its nukes and missiles – and maybe even come clean on Japanese citizens kidnapped years ago to North Korea. How about Cuba, a nation often proclaimed by North Korea as a close friend and ally bound in common cause against “imperialism”?
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Havana on Thursday on a mission to persuade Cuban President Raul Castro to relay kind diplomatic words on Japan’s behalf to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan is looking for an improbable source of support in getting North Korea to cool it on its nukes and missiles – and maybe even come clean on Japanese citizens kidnapped years ago to North Korea. How about Cuba, a nation often proclaimed by North Korea as a close friend and ally bound in common cause against “imperialism”?
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Havana on Thursday on a mission to persuade Cuban President Raul Castro to relay kind diplomatic words on Japan’s behalf to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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