The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States are set to hold a bilateral meeting on Tuesday in Seoul to discuss joint responses to Pyongyang's evolving nuclear threats and relentless provocations, Seoul officials said.
On the previous day, the allies held their first high-level meeting here on implementing bilateral and international sanctions that have recently been crafted to punish the communist regime for its nuclear test in January and long-range rocket launch in February.
Kim Hong-kyun, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, will hold talks with Ambassador Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.
"On the previous day, the talks focused on concrete sanctions-related issues such as the implementation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions and unilateral sanctions.
But today, the discussions will be about the overall North Korean nuclear issue and joint efforts to prevent additional provocations," an official at Seoul's Foreign Ministry said on the condition of anonymity.
During the talks, Kim Hong-kyun is expected to explain the results of his recent visit to Beijing and discuss with his U.S. counterpart ways to flesh out their plans to bolster three-way cooperation with China.
On Friday, Kim held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei to discuss the implementation of the newly adopted UNSC sanctions resolution. During the talks, Wu said that Beijing was open to three-way talks with Seoul and Washington on implementing the resolution.
Before the talks between the allies' nuclear envoys, Sung Kim and Daniel Fried, the State Department's coordinator for sanctions policy, will briefly meet with Seoul's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, officials here said.
During Monday's talks on anti-Pyongyang sanctions, the U.S. nuclear envoy said that the allies would implement new U.N. sanctions on the North with "vigor and energy" in cooperation with the international community. (Yonhap)
On the previous day, the allies held their first high-level meeting here on implementing bilateral and international sanctions that have recently been crafted to punish the communist regime for its nuclear test in January and long-range rocket launch in February.
Kim Hong-kyun, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, will hold talks with Ambassador Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.
"On the previous day, the talks focused on concrete sanctions-related issues such as the implementation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions and unilateral sanctions.
But today, the discussions will be about the overall North Korean nuclear issue and joint efforts to prevent additional provocations," an official at Seoul's Foreign Ministry said on the condition of anonymity.
During the talks, Kim Hong-kyun is expected to explain the results of his recent visit to Beijing and discuss with his U.S. counterpart ways to flesh out their plans to bolster three-way cooperation with China.
On Friday, Kim held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei to discuss the implementation of the newly adopted UNSC sanctions resolution. During the talks, Wu said that Beijing was open to three-way talks with Seoul and Washington on implementing the resolution.
Before the talks between the allies' nuclear envoys, Sung Kim and Daniel Fried, the State Department's coordinator for sanctions policy, will briefly meet with Seoul's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, officials here said.
During Monday's talks on anti-Pyongyang sanctions, the U.S. nuclear envoy said that the allies would implement new U.N. sanctions on the North with "vigor and energy" in cooperation with the international community. (Yonhap)
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