With North Korea's announcement on the 26th of its nuclear development plan based upon the agreement stemming from the Six Party Talks, and the United States' commencement of procedures to remove North Korea from its designation on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the families of abductees have expressed growing unease that it may constitute an abandonment of the abductee issue.
北朝鮮が６か国協議の合意に基づき核開発計画を申告した２６日、米国が「テロ支援国」の指定解除手続きに入ったことで、拉致被害者の家族らには「拉致問題が置き去りにされるのでは」という不安が広がった。