South Korea and the United States have agreed to use all means, “including sanctions and dialogue,” to try to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program, the South’s presidential office said on Tuesday after a meeting with an aide to President Trump.
The aide, Matthew Pottinger, the Asia director on the National Security Council, met with Chung Eui-yong, an adviser to the new South Korean president, and other foreign policy aides in Seoul, the capital.
In their meeting at the Blue House, the presidential palace, the two sides followed up on a recent telephone conversation between President Moon Jae-in and Mr. Trump, who agreed to hold a summit meeting in Washington soon.
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