The
United States is ready to sit down with
North Korea to resume long-awaited working-level nuclear talks, a US envoy said Wednesday.
Nuclear discussions between
Washington and
Pyongyang have stalled since a second summit in Hanoi in February ended without an agreement over differences on the extent of denuclearisation and
sanctions relief in return.
"We are prepared to engage as soon as we hear from our counterparts in North Korea," said Stephen Biegun, the US special representative for North Korea, after his meeting with South Korean counterpart Lee Do-hoon in Seoul.