Yonhap news on January 15th, the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 15th that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is responsible for negotiating with North Korea, was responsible for peace negotiations on the Korean Peninsula.
On the same day, Lu Kyuyu, spoke with the Executive Deputy Secretary of State and Special Representative for North Korea, Bigan, on the United States Department of State.
During the call, the two sides assessed the recent situation on the Korean Peninsula, such as the 8th National Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which closed on the 12th, and exchanged in-depth views on making progress in jointly promoting the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and establishing a permanent peace mechanism.
Lu Gui took office on December 21 last year and talked to Bigen on the phone for the first time the next day.
