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22:23, 01-Mar-2018
ROK President Moon Jae-in says to send special envoy to DPRK in his phone talk with Trump
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President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in and his US counterpart Donald Trump held a telephone conversation on Thursday, saying Seoul will soon send a special envoy to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Yonhap news agency reported.
The two leaders also discussed possible preliminary talks between the United States and the DPRK.
The phone conversation between Moon and Trump, the first in about a month, was held at around 10:00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), Yoon Young-chan, senior press secretary for the ROK president, was quoted as saying.
Moon explained to Trump that the DPRK had showed its willingness to talk with the US, persuading the US president to get into an exploratory dialogue with Pyongyang to figure out what Pyongyang intends to do while keeping a stance of maximum pressure on the country.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency