announced on thursday that assistant secretary of state kurt campbell and special representative glyn davies will co-host the meeting next tuesday in washington. japanese foreign ministry director general shiksuke sugiyama and south korea's top envoy lim sung-nam will attend the talks. diplomats are likely to confirm they will continue to seek cooperation from china, the north's closest ally. participants are also expected to discuss the resumption of the six-party talks on pyongyang's nuclear program. they're likely to consider how to pressure the north's new government to stop uranium enrichment immediately and they'll push the regime to accept inspectors from the international atomic energy agency. >>> a japanese government official held talks with pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi and expressed his government's interest to cooperate in myanmar's development projects. yukio edano expressed japan's policy for development in myanmar during a meeting in yangon on thursday. >> translator: japan plans to help stabilize your country's economy and improve the standard of living. >> edano exp

the secretary and the president late last year appointed glyn davies as our north korea -- he really speaks directly to these issues on a daily basis. i would simply say that right now we are in the closest possible consultation with south korea, japan working closely with china to try to get a sense of what is taking place in terms of the succession the potential policy priorities of the new government. it is still early. i think we have made very clear our preparation to have a different kind of relationship with north korea, if they are prepared to take the necessary steps on nonproliferation and other issues that will lama only for an improvement in relations between the united states and north korea but most importantly as a first-ever the release of between 03 and south korea, which we think is absolutely essential as the gateway any more fundamental the engagement, and we would like to see a return to the 6-party talks. and we will pursue diplomacy accordingly with our interlocutors in lockstep with south korea and japan. there is a comment by the older brother which is suppor