Japan's Koizumi wants UN vote on N Korea before G8

AQABA, Jordan, July 14 (Reuters) Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today said that he wanted a vote on a United Nations resolution on North Korea before the July 15-17 G8 summit in St Petersburg.

Japan has drafted a resolution that would impose sanctions on North Korea for its missile tests last week.

An alternative Chinese-Russian text calls on UN members to exercise vigilance rather than insisting they prevent the supply of materials and technologies that could contribute to North Korea's missile programme.

Koizumi is in Jordan on the last leg of a Middle East tour.

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