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S. Korea official voices uncertainty over US-N.K. talks this month

By Yonhap

Published : July 13, 2019 - 10:57

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A top South Korean presidential official expressed uncertainty Friday over the possibility that the United States and North Korea will resume denuclearization negotiations this month as planned.

Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of Cheong Wa Dae’s National Security Office, told reporters that the US appears to be waiting for a response from the North.

“I think we have to wait and see,” he said after coming out of a meeting with his US counterpart, Deputy National Security Adviser Charles Kupperman, at the White House. “I think they’re waiting to hear back from the North.”

Kim Hyun-chong (center), deputy chief of Cheong Wa Dae`s National Security Office, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on July 12, 2019. (Yonhap) Kim Hyun-chong (center), deputy chief of Cheong Wa Dae`s National Security Office, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on July 12, 2019. (Yonhap)


US-North Korea negotiations were expected to resume within days in line with an agreement between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at their inter-Korean border meeting on June 30.

No date or venue for the talks has been announced.

“Kupperman and I talked about ways to move the negotiations forward and agreed to keep an open communication line and hold frequent phone calls and discussions,” the South Korean official said.

Lee Do-hoon, Seoul’s chief nuclear envoy, met with his US counterpart, Stephen Biegun, in Germany this week to coordinate their approach to the upcoming negotiations with the North.

Talks broke down after Trump and Kim’s second summit in Vietnam in February ended without a deal due to differences over the scope of North Korea’s denuclearization and sanctions relief from the US.



Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of Cheong Wa Dae's National Security Office, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on July 12, 2019. (Yonhap)

 

 

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