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Exchange of letter can move US-North Korea talks forward: Seoul government
By Park Ji-won
The Ministry of Unification said Thursday that a new momentum for the resumption of talks between North Korea and the U.S. was created by letters exchanged between leaders of the countries.
In a report regarding the North's overseas activities, the ministry said, “North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed positive signs by expressing 'satisfaction' over the letter he received from U.S. President Trump. The U.S. has shown a positive stance for resuming talks between the two countries.”
“The exchange of letters between the leaders of Pyongyang and Washington has created a new momentum amid stalled talks between the two,” a ministry official said.
Citing a statement by an officer of the North Korean foreign ministry which criticized the remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the unification ministry's report expressed optimism that despite this, direct communication between the two leaders is working so far.
Another unification ministry official stressed that Seoul's stance over the implementation of inter-Korean agreements remain unchanged. “Under the swift resumption of talks between the two Koreas, and North Korea and the U.S, the South will keep working hard to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and the establishment of permanent peace.”