Since June, however, American officials have struggled to persuade North Korea to return to the table. That appeared to change this week when North Korea abruptly announced that it had agreed to hold talks. US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun is expected to lead the American delegation. “North Korea will want sanctions relief, however partial and even if it is the form of their interruption rather than full removal,” he said. The most visible and longest-running part of North Korea’s nuclear program, the Yongbyon nuclear complex, is a central point of contention.

Source: bd News24 October 04, 2019 03:22 UTC