(VOVworld) - The
US and North Korean representatives praised last weekend’s informal talks in
Singapore covering Pyongyang's nuclear program, among other issues. Speaking to
the press after the meeting with a US delegation that included former US
special envoy to North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth, former nuclear negotiator
Joseph DeTrani, and Korean-American scholar Tony Namkung, Mr Ri Yong Ho,
Vice-Foreign Minister and chief negotiator for the North Korea team said Pyongyang
is ready to suspend nuclear tests if the US cancels annual military drills with
South Korea. North Korea insisted that the
official proposal was made through “appropriate channels” and was “meaningful and
significant”, saying that canceling the annual military drills is the initial
step in easing tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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| US special envoy to North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth |
Mr Bosworth said the talks were very constructive, focusing
on what has happened and might happen in the future. He reiterated that the US administration’s goal is still to resume six-party
talks and denuclearize Korean
Peninsula.