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Blue House National Security Office director Chung Eui-yong heads to a waiting car outside Incheon Airport on Apr. 13 following his visit to Washington, D.C. to meet with new US National Security Advisor John Bolton. (Yonhap News)
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South Korea and US agree to make efforts for the successful staging of the spring summits with North Korea
Returning on Apr. 13 from a meeting with newly appointed White House National Security Advisor John Bolton in the US, Blue House National Security Office director Chung Eui-yong said the two had “agreed on both sides making efforts for the successful staging of the inter-Korean and North Korea-US summit.” Chung added that they had “agreed to have close cooperation between the two sides’ National Security Councils.” Meeting with reporters at Incheon International Airport that afternoon, Chung said his visit had “confirmed that there are no differences between the two sides on the basic course we need to pursue to achieve the basic goal of establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula through denuclearization.” When asked whether they had discussed holding a South Korea-US summit after the inter-Korean summit on Apr. 27, Chung said he had “planned for all kinds of possibilities.” Meanwhile, a series of working-level and high-level talks are scheduled between South and North Korea next week to prepare for the inter-Korean summit. A senior Blue House official said the date for high-level talks to discuss the summit agenda and other topics “will be announced as soon as it is decided.” Additional working-level talks on the areas of protocol, security, communications, and press coverage are to take place before the high-level talks. By Kim Bo-hyeop and Jung In-hwan, staff reporters Please direct questions or comments to [english@hani.co.kr]
