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US-North Korean Officials Meet at Moscow Nonproliferation Conference

Cho Eun-jung

   WASHINGTON - U.S. and North Korean officials held a meeting at a
   nonproliferation conference in Moscow, a former U.S. official who
   attended the conference told VOA's Korean Service, as the
   denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington remain
   deadlocked.

   "I was told that there was such a meeting between the U.S. and North
   Korean officials," Thomas Countryman, former acting undersecretary of
   state of arms control and international security, said after the
   conference that ended Saturday.

   U.S. officials, led by Mark Lambert, director of the office of Korean
   affairs at the State Department, attended the three-day annual
   [1]Moscow Nonproliferation Conference.

   Jo Chol Su, head of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's North American
   department, led the delegation from Pyongyang.

   Lee Do-hoon, South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator, was also present
   but did not engage in talks with North Korean representatives other
   than to exchange greetings.About 250 participants from 40 countries
   also attended.

   Organized by Russia's [2]Center for Energy and Security Studies
   (CENESS), the conference is held every year to discuss global nuclear
   issues, including the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

References

   1. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20191110003100325?section=nk/nk
   2. http://ceness-russia.org/engl/