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Fri, 04/13/2018 - 13:48
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Decision on six-party talks expected after summits, South Korean envoy to Russia says

ASTRAKHAN, April 13. /TASS/. A decision on resuming six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will be made after North Korean leader’s upcoming talks with the heads of South Korea and the United States, Seoul’s Ambassador to Russia Woo Yoon-keun said on Friday. "There are no plans on holding this summit now," he said answering on the date of resuming the talks. On April 27, Panmunjom, a village to the north of the de facto border between North and South Korea, will host the inter-Korean summit and in late May or early June a summit between North Korea and the United States is expected to take place. "After these meetings, a decision will be made on holding comprehensive talks," he said. The six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, which involved Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea, the US and Japan, were suspended in 2008 on North Korea’s initiative because of disagreements with Washington. When tensions escalated on the peninsula a number of countries, including Russia and South Korea, called for resuming dialogue in this format. Read more

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