Tokyo Willing to Discuss Denuke of Korean Peninsula

　　Japan's nuclear envoy¹ Junichi Ihara has gone on record saying Tokyo wants to continue to working closely with Seoul towards the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

 

　　Japan's chief envoy to the six-party talks has made the comments while meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul to discuss the potential of resuming talks with North Korea.

 

　　"We have already achieved lots of good cooperation and results, so I really want to continue to work with you so that we can finally attain² the ultimate objective of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."

 

　　The six-party talks, which involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China, collapsed³ in 2008 when the North walked out.

 

　　The United States is on-record saying any talks first have to involve action by the North to show it is serious about moving toward disarmament.

1 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 attain   

vt.达到，获得，完成

参考例句：

• I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
• His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。