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17:45, 02-May-2019
ROK, U.S. nuke envoys hold phone talks on Korean Peninsula situations
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Chief nuclear envoys of Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States held telephone talks Thursday about situations on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
Lee Do-hoon, ROK's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, talked over phone with Stephen Biegun, U.S. special representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) affairs, earlier in the day.
During the talks, Lee and Biegun shared the assessment of situations on the peninsula following last week's summit between top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin and the second summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in February.
The second Kim-Trump summit held at the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi ended with no agreement.
ROK has pushed to help resume dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington following the Hanoi summit.
The Seoul ministry said Lee and Biegun discussed ways to cooperate in advancing the complete denuclearization of and the settlement of lasting pace in the Korean Peninsula, without elaborating further. Its official Yonhap News Agency cited diplomatic sources as saying that Biegun is likely to visit Seoul from May 8-10 to talk more on the matter.
(Cover: Biegun (L) and Lee (R) leave after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, ROK, December 21, 2018. /Reuters Photo)
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency