SEOUL, July 2, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea (DPRK) and the United States held working-level talks Sunday at the
inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom, Yonhap news agency reported Monday
citing an unidentified diplomatic source.
DPRK Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and U.S. Ambassador to the
Philippines Sung Kim met at the Tongilgak, a DPRK building in Panmunjom, for
about one and a half hours on Sunday.
Choe and Kim were estimated to have discussed various issues between the
two sides, including U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the DPRK
expected to be made on Friday.
They had met ahead of the summit meeting on June 12 in Singapore between
top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump to prepare for
the first DPRK-U.S. summit.
During Sunday’s talks, Pompeo’s letter was allegedly delivered to Kim Yong
Chol, vice chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee
and director of the United Front Department of the DPRK.
After the Singapore summit, Kim and Trump signed a joint statement to
completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula in exchange for security
guarantees for the DPRK. The two leaders also agreed to establish new
bilateral relations.