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Moon to Send Envoys to Pyongyang to Broker Talks With Washington

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in will send his top national-security adviser as well as his chief spy as special envoys to Pyongyang on Monday in a bid to persuade Kim Jong Un to open talks with Washington, in the latest bid to avoid a potential conflict over the
Envoys will seek to broker talks between U. S. and North Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will send his top national-security adviser as well as his chief spy as special envoys to Pyongyang on Monday in a bid to persuade Kim Jong Un to open talks with Washington, in the latest bid to avoid a potential conflict over the country’s nuclear program.
The 10-member group will be led by Chung Eui-yong, national-security adviser, and Suh Hoon, the chief of the National Intelligence Service. They will meet with North Korean officials on the two-day trip, Moon’s top communication officer Yoon Young-chan said at a briefing. They will discuss the possibility of U. S. and North Korea talks “aimed at denuclearization” and inter-Korean relations, he said.
The envoys will then travel to Washington to discuss the result of the meeting, Yoon said, adding that South Korea will closely coordinate with Japan and China.
Moon’s intention to dispatch his top aides, revealed after a 30-minute phone conversation with U. S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, came less than a month after Kim invited Moon to visit Pyongyang.

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