South Korea’s President Moon calls for US, North Korea to lower the bar for mutual talks

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• South Korea’s president said Monday that the United States should lower the threshold for talks with North Korea and that the two countries should start a dialogue soon.
• Moon asked for China’s support for U.S.-North Korea talks, and Liu responded that China would help facilitate them.
• Moon also said that North Korea should show a commitment to denuclearization, something it has refused to do.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said Monday that the United States should lower the threshold for talks with North Korea and that the two countries should start a dialogue soon.

President Moon Jae-in made the remarks in a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong one day after a senior North Korean official told Moon that his country is willing to open talks with the United States.

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