US special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, who is in Seoul for talks with South Korean officials, told reporters on Wednesday, “We are prepared to engage as soon as we hear from our counterparts in North Korea.”
Biegun said US President Donald Trump had assigned his team to restart working-level talks with North Korea in line with what Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed on during a third meeting in late June.
“I am fully committed to this important mission and we will get this done,” the US envoy said.
Beigun’s South Korean counterpart, Lee Do-hoon, also announced that the two had discussed how to quickly resume the nuclear negotiations with North Korea and produce “substantial progress.”