Washington (CNN) The Trump administration has reached out to North Korea to resume diplomatic negotiations after the two countries broke off talks in October, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien told Axios. "We've reached out to the North Koreans and let them know that we would like to continue the negotiations in Stockholm that were last undertaken in early October," O'Brien told the news outlet. Working-level talks between the US and North Korea halted last year in Stockholm, Sweden, where US officials said they "had good discussion" while North Korea's top negotiator blamed the ended talks on Washington. "The break-up of the negotiation without any outcome is totally due to the fact that the US would not give up their old viewpoint and attitude," Kim Myong Gil, North Korea's top negotiator, said at the time. But the State Department disagreed with Kim's characterization, saying his comments "do not reflect the content or the spirit of today's 8 ½ hour discussion."

Source: CNN January 13, 2020 00:00 UTC