DPRK and US seeks to make a 12-6 pact in Singapore

7 July 2018, 05:10
By Benito Joaquín, Special Envoy

Pyongyang, 7 Jul (PL) The first high-level talks aimed at finalizing the agreement reached on 12 June at Singapore between North Korean President Kim Jong-un and American Donald Trump continue today.

The delegations are led by Kim Yong-choi, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Korea Labor Party (PTC), and Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State

. Both parties created working groups yesterday responsible for verifying the so-called total denuclearization. They will need to specify the methods and timelines for moving this process forward.

Among the topics of conversations held at the residence of the Guest State, Paekhwawon, west of Pyongyang, there is also the very sensitive issue of repatriation of remains. US soldiers and officers killed during the US invasion of the Korean peninsula, according to a diplomatic source.

For the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho is present at the talks.

Pompeo makes his third visit to Pyongyang with senior officials from the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA.

The head of the American diplomacy is due to leave today for Tokio, the capital of the Japanese archipelago, to inform on the conversations with Kim Jong-UN, the foreign ministers of Japan and the South Korea, who have been waiting for a few hours. [19659CedimanchewillrefertotheHorizontourdayofdayshasconfirmedadoor-parolintheMinistryofForeignAffairs

The purpose of the announced visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is to strengthen the ties between this Asian country and the United States. , in matters of politics, diplomacy, economy, trade, investment, defense, security and mitigation of the consequences of the war between the two nations.

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