拉致問題「完全に解決」　菅政権をけん制か―北朝鮮

　【ソウル時事】北朝鮮外務省は２９日付で、日本人拉致問題と関連し、「拉致問題はわれわれの誠意と努力によって既に不可逆的に完全無欠に解決された」と主張する声明を同省ホームページで公表した。
　声明は同省日本研究所研究員の個人名義で掲載された。安倍前政権の継承を掲げ、拉致問題解決への意欲を示す菅政権をけん制する狙いがありそうだ。
　声明では核、ミサイル、拉致問題の解決を掲げた安倍前政権が北朝鮮の経済的孤立を図るため、「最も敵対的な政策を実施してきた」と非難。菅政権に対し「われわれを誹謗（ひぼう）中傷するなら見過ごすことはできない」と強調し、「結果が明白な問題にしがみつくことは愚か者も避ける」と語った。（2020/09/30-14:04）

The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a statement claiming that the issue of the country's abductions of Japanese citizens is already resolved.
   "Abduction issue was long resolved in an impeccable and irreversible manner thanks to our sincerity and efforts," the English version of the statement, dated Tuesday, said.
   The statement was posted on the ministry's website under the name of Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher at the ministry's Institute for Studies of Japan.
   The move is apparently aimed at challenging the administration of new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who vowed to continue the policy of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, and keep on working for the resolution of the abduction issue.
   The statement said that the Abe administration, while claiming to work on resolving North Korea's abduction, nuclear and missile issues in a comprehensive manner, "pursued the most extreme hostile policy...aimed at isolating and stifling the DPRK politically and economically." DPRK stands for Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the official name of North Korea.