South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kook said on Monday that discussions over the conditions required to resume six-party talks between South Korea, the U.S. and China are taking place.

Hwang made the comments during a three day visit to the U.S, where he is discussing security affairs on the peninsula and the possible resumption of nuclear negotiations with U.S. officials, including U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies.

“Starting with last week’s South Korea-China foreign ministers’ meeting, we’ve been discussing the conditions to resuming denuclearization talks with countries like the U.S. and China,” Hwang told reporters on his