Friday, 05/10/2018 08:34 (GMT+7)
The United States (US) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will soon begin working-level talks in Vienna, Austria, to seek a "big deal" on denuclearization.
Mr. Steve Biegun, the US special representative for the DPRK (Photo: Getty Images)
As scheduled, Mr. Steve Biegun, the U.S. special representative for the DPRK will lead the delegation from Washington for talks with a DPRK delegation headed by Vice Foreign Minister Choi Sun-hee.
They are likely to seek to narrow their differences over the dialogue agenda for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming Pyongyang visit.
Earlier, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert on October 2nd announced the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Pyongyang on October 7th to prepare for the summit between the two leaders.
During his visit, Pompeo is hoped to make further progress on the implementation of the commitments from the US - DPRK summit in Singapore, including the final, fully verified denuclearization of DPRK.
Mr. Pompeo met DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho in New York and accepted leader Kim's invitation to travel to Pyongyang next month to prepare for the next Trump-Kim summit.
On September 10th, the White House said President Donald Trump had received a request from leader Kim Jong-un for a second meeting, and that the administration had begun the process of coordinating such an event.
The 1st US - DPRK summit took place at the Capella Hotel in Singapore’s Sentosa island on June 12th.
At the event, leader Kim Jong-un committed to work toward "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula in exchange for security guarantees from the US./.
Compiled by BTA