U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday met with the three relatives of two Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea.
At the news conference, Obama said the United States stood with Japan in seeking to resolve such North Korean kidnappings and in a statement issued after the session with relatives, the White House said Obama was “moved by their tragic experiences.”
Later, the relatives said Obama, as father of two daughters, showed empathy over the kidnapping of their loved ones. He said he would do his utmost to resolve the problem, possibly by adopting a U.N. Security Council resolution to pressure the North.
As father of two teenage daughters, Obama seemed particularly empathetic to Sakie Yokota, 78, whose daughter Megumi was kidnapped by North Korean agents 37 years ago when she was only 13. Yokota said Obama carefully looked at the pictures she brought and seemed to understand the pain of waiting such a long time.
“President Obama said it’s not just another political or human rights issue. He said he cannot tolerate this problem as a human being and a father,” Yokota told reporters after the meeting. “He reassured us that he would give us a firm support to resolve the problem.”
AP
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