U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun on Wednesday said Washington is still open to negotiations with the DPRK, adding he hoped talks with Pyongyang would resume soon.

Speaking at the 2019 Atlantic Council-East Asia Foundation Strategic Dialogue, the U.S. point man on the DPRK reiterated that Washington wanted to see North Korea take a significant step towards denuclearization.

“The door is wide open to negotiations and … we expect and hope that in the not too distant future we will be re-engaged in this process in a substantive way,” Biegun said.

“We can’t make progress without meaningful and