Moon, Mr. Kim “said he was willing to meet President Moon Jae-in at an early date and asked him to visit North Korea at a convenient date,” said Kim Eui-kyeom, the spokesman for Mr. Moon also urged North Korea to talk to the United States, his office said. North Korea has said that its nuclear weapons are not for bargaining away. But South Korea also needed to ease tensions, especially given Mr. Trump’s threat to take a military option, he said. Moon told Mr. Abe not to meddle in South Korea’s “sovereignty and internal affairs,” South Korean officials said.

Source: New York Times February 10, 2018 00:22 UTC