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Clinton condemns North Korea for attack on South Korean warship
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 21 - 05 - 2010


US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
condemned North Korea today for the sinking of a South Korean
warship in March, which resulted in the death of 46 sailors, according to dpa.
"The United States strongly condemns this act of aggression" by
North Korea, said Clinton, who briefly stopped by Tokyo at the start
of an Asian tour.
"I think it is important to send a clear message to North Korea
that provocative actions have consequences. We cannot allow this
attack on South Korea to go unanswered by the international
community."
The South Korean warship sank on March 26 in confusing
circumstances.
After talks with Clinton, Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
told a joint news conference that he and Clinton had agreed that it
was important for Japan, the US and South Korea to work closely to
deal with the incident.
Their meeting came one day after a multinational team of
investigators found Pyongyang responsible for the sinking of the
warship.
"We'll be in deep and constant consultations, not only between the
United States and Japan, but also with South Korea, China and others
to determine our response," Clinton said.
Clinton and Okada also agreed that the US and Japan would work
together to try to settle by the end of May the issue of where to
relocate a US Marine Corps base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
The end of May is Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's self-
imposed deadline.
Hatoyama told reporters after meeting Clinton separately that it
was productive for the two countries to reconfirm the significance of
their long-standing alliance amid mounting tensions in North-east
Asia.
"We agreed that this year is going to be the time to deepen the
US-Japan alliance," the premier said.
After her brief stop in Tokyo, Clinton was to visit the World Expo
in Shanghai, and then go to Beijing to attend the US-China Strategic
Economic Dialogue with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on
Monday and Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Clinton will fly to South Korea to meet with
President Lee Myung-bak and Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan.


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