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Powell to Visit Japan, China, ROK

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US Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) from Feb. 21 to 25 for consultations on crises over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear programs and Iraqi issue, the State Department announced Wednesday.

The principal purpose of the trip is to go to Seoul for the inauguration of Rho Moo Hyun as ROK president on Feb. 25, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said at a regular news briefing.

"This is a very important opportunity to talk with our allies and friends in North Asia about the situation in North Korea, our common goal of making sure that North Korea abandons its nuclear programs, doesn't develop nuclear weapons on the peninsula," Boucher said.

"The stops in Japan and China and South Korea are a very important part of our consultations and moving forward in that regard....now that the International Atomic Energy Agency has reported it to the council," he said.

The spokesman said the trip "is also an opportunity to talk with other governments about the situation in Iraq, and particularly with China," which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

Powell is to leave Washington on Friday and will be in Tokyo onSaturday and Sunday, Beijing on Sunday and Monday and Seoul on Monday and Tuesday before returning to Washington.

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