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As the US-Korea Combined Training concludes yesterday (20th), it is paying attention to when North Korea and the United States will resume negotiations on denuclearization. Stephen Vegan, the US negotiator for South Korea, says he is ready to negotiate with North Korea.

I'm Kim Hye-young.

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A special representative for the US policy on North Korea, Korea, visited Korea yesterday this morning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet with Lee Do-hoon, the chief negotiator for the Korean Peninsula.

The vegan representative told reporters that he would deny the Ambassador's internal agenda and focus on North American working talks.

[Steven Vegan / Special Representative for North Korea Policy: We will not accept diplomatic work in Russia and will focus on making progress with North Korea.]

The vegan president, in particular, has indicated that he hopes that the talks will resume soon.

[Steven Vegan / Special Representative for North Korea Policy: I am ready to resume working negotiations as soon as I hear from the North Korean counterpart.]

Mr. Lee also stressed that he and the vegan representatives agreed to quickly resume talks with North America to make real progress.

The vegan representative also met with Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul at 4 pm.

Tomorrow, the last day of the visit, is said to coordinate the meeting with Chinese Foreign Ministry officials after meeting with the second Deputy Director of National Security Office, Kim Hyun-jong.

In some cases, vegan representatives may contact the North at Panmunjom to deliver President Trump's message before leaving Korea.