SEA ISLAND, Ga. (Kyodo) Leaders of the Group of Eight major nations expressed support Thursday for Japan's efforts to comprehensively resolve the issue of Japanese abducted by North Korea and the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
"We support the six-party talks as well as efforts by all concerned parties to achieve a comprehensive solution by diplomatic means to the DPRK nuclear issue and to other security and humanitarian issues, such as the abductions," the G-8 leaders said in the chairman's summary, released after their annual summit, held this year on Sea Island, Ga., ended.