South Korean Envoy To Leave For Russia For Discuss N Korea Issues
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 30, 2018 | 01:55 PM
South Korea's top nuclear envoy will travel to Russia this week to discuss cooperation in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, Yonhap reported
SEOUL(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Jan, 2018 ) :South Korea's top nuclear envoy will travel to Russia this week to discuss cooperation in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, Yonhap reported.
Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, will leave for Moscow for a three-day trip on Wednesday during which he is to meet his Russian counterpart and Vice Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and other officials, according to the ministry.
They are expected to discuss the recently resumed inter-Korean talks on the North's participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics and ways to turn the easing tensions into momentum for negotiations to resolve the North's nuclear and missile problems.
Lee's trip to Russia will mark the first since he took the post as South Korea's top nuclear negotiator in September. Lee and Morgulov last met in Seoul in November.
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