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Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. have phone talks over DPRK-U.S. dialogue
SEOUL, June 1, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Top diplomats of South Korea and the
United States had a phone conversation on Friday to share the outcome of the
ongoing dialogue between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and
the United States, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held talks with U.S.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the phone for 25 minutes earlier in the
day, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kang and Pompeo made an in-depth discussion on the outcome of the ongoing
contact between Pyongyang and Washington for the possible DPRK-U.S. summit.
Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK)
Central Committee of the DPRK, travelled to New York to talk with Pompeo
about the possible summit between top DRPK leader Kim Jong Un and U.S.
President Donald Trump.
During the phone dialogue, Pompeo shared with the South Korean foreign
minister the outcome of his discussion in New York with the senior DPRK
official in detail as well as the working-level contact between the DPRK and
the United States recently held in the inter-Korean border village of
Panmunjom.
The DPRK-U.S. summit was originally scheduled to be held in Singapore on
June 12.
Kang and Pompeo discussed various ways to achieve complete
denuclearization and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul’s foreign
ministry said.
The two top diplomats also agreed to closely communicate and cooperate via
various channels about the DPRK-U.S. summit.
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