Scale Up Russia, US Dialogue On DPRK

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and US Special Envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun agreed to scale up the dialogue between the two countries on the Korean Peninsula issue during Friday’s consultations in Washington, Russia’s ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

“The recent developments around the Korean Peninsula and efforts of all involved states to settle the problems of the sub-region were discussed in detail,” the statement said.

“It was decided to continue scaling up the Russian-US dialogue on the Korean issue both in bilateral and multi-sided formats to fix the political and diplomatic process,” the ministry emphasized.