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North Korea And US To Resume Nuclear Talks Saturday

• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

North Korea and the U.S. will resume working-level talks on Oct. 5, North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported Tuesday, reviving the possibility that denuclearization talks have restarted after a failed February summit between both countries in Vietnam, reported The Wall Street Journal.

KCNA said both countries would have a preliminary meeting on Friday, followed by working-level talks on Saturday, citing a statement from Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui.

"The delegates of the DPRK side are ready to enter into the DPRK-U.S. working-level negotiations," Choe said in the statement.

"It is my expectation that the working-level negotiations would accelerate the positive development of the DPRK-U.S. relations."

Choe's statement made no mention of an exact location or time for the planned weekend talks.

Denuclearization discussions between President Trump and Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea, failed to materialize any progress at a summit in Vietnam in February. Trump met with Kim in June at the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas; the meet and greet didn't immediately revive talks between both countries until now.