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North Korea agrees to resume nuclear talks with US
- North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump agreed at a meeting in the demilitarised zone on June 30 to hold working-level talks within ‘weeks’
- But the two sides have not met since, creating a deadlock in discussions aimed at ending Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions
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The US and North Korea have agreed to hold working-level talks on Saturday, the Korean Central News Agency reported, a move that could break a deadlock in discussions aimed at ending Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.
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State-run KCNA quoted Vice Foreign Minister Choe Sun-hui as saying that North Korea’s representatives are “ready to attend” talks and look forward to an improvement in US-North Korea ties. The two sides agreed to have a “preliminary contact” the day before the talks, Choe is quoted as saying, without mentioning where the meeting would take place.
“It is my expectation that the working-level negotiations would accelerate the positive development of the DPRK-US relations,” Choe said, referring to North Korea by its formal name.
US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus later confirmed that officials from the two side “plan to meet within the next week”.
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump agreed at a meeting on June 30 in the demilitarised zone that divides the Korean peninsula to hold working-level talks in a matter of weeks. But the two sides have not met since then to discuss details of a disarmament deal.
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