Interview With Yuko Ando of Fuji TV

Interview With Yuko Ando of Fuji TV

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Secretary of State

Tokyo, Japan

February 17, 2009

QUESTION: I understand you just met the abduction victim’s family members, right?

SECRETARY CLINTON: I did.

QUESTION: And what are your impressions and the thoughts on ways to move on? Did the meeting refresh your conviction to solve this problem?

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I was honored to meet with the family members and to hear their story, to see pictures of a missing sister and a missing daughter.

QUESTION: Yes.

SECRETARY CLINTON: And to reaffirm the United States commitment to making the abductee issue part of the Six-Party Talks. It’s very important that North Korea answer questions and let people come home after all of these years. And I hope that we’re able to create the conditions for that decision to take place.

QUESTION: And you are, as a mother, belov ed your daughter.

ENDS

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