South Korea will push ahead with plans to hold 1.5-track talks between DPRK officials and experts as a means to resume now-stalled North Korea-U.S. negotiations "expeditiously,” the country's foreign minister said on Monday.
Speaking at a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) called by South Korean President Moon Jae-in in response to the surprise results of last week's DPRK-U.S. summit, foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha said Seoul should take the lead in getting nuclear talks back on track.
South Korea will push ahead with plans to hold 1.5-track talks between DPRK officials and experts as a means to resume now-stalled North Korea-U.S. negotiations "expeditiously,” the country's foreign minister said on Monday.
Speaking at a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) called by South Korean President Moon Jae-in in response to the surprise results of last week's DPRK-U.S. summit, foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha said Seoul should take the lead in getting nuclear talks back on track.
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