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Lee [Jong-seok] told [that] North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is a man Seoul can do business with, being "one of the figures in the North we can get [an] agreement from and who can make proper decisions." If President Roh Moo-hyun and Kim met for a summit, "the results may well exceed our expectations," Lee predicted. "The two [Roh Moo-hyun & Kim] could produce significant results since Pyongyang is well aware that President Roh is a decisive man who is able to see the big picture, and Kim is always being portrayed as broad-minded in the North Korean media."

Lee said he had no plans to meet the father of the Japanese abduction victim Megumi Yokota, who will visit Korea this month, "and I don't think there is a need to do so." Lee also rapped Japan for "underestimating the efforts" Kim Jong-il made to settle the issue of Pyongyang's kidnappings of Japanese citizens. He said Kim responded to the issue to the point of admitting the abductions.

注：[ ]および強調の太字は小生による。

「金正日は、正しい決断ができる、話のわかるいい人だ。日本は拉致問題解決のために金総書記が払った努力を過小評価している。総書記は、拉致を認めるとこまで踏み込んで対応したではないか」と日本を非難しています。また、訪韓する「横田めぐみさんのお父さんに会う必要はない」とまで言い切っています。この人は韓国政府の要職についてはいるが、本当は北朝鮮の人ではないかと疑うほどです。