The U.S. Special Representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Stephen Biegun will travel to Russia this week to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. Department of State said on Tuesday.

 

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"Biegun will travel to Moscow April 17-18 to meet with Russian officials to discuss efforts to advance the final, fully¹ verified denuclearization of North Korea," the department said in a brief statement, without giving further details.

 

Biegun has taken several overseas trips since the Hanoi summit in February between U.S. President Donald Trump² and the DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Un, which ended without an agreement.

 

In March, the U.S. envoy³ traveled to London discussing the denuclearization issue with his British, French, and German counterparts.

 

Biegun's visit to Russia was announced a day after the Kremlin confirmed preparations were underway for the first-ever summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and DPRK's Kim.

 

Before a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in last week, Trump floated the idea of holding his third summit with Kim, while reaffirming sanctions against Pyongyang would not be removed at the moment.

 

In response, Kim said in a policy speech on Friday that the United States is hinting at holding a third DPRK-U.S. summit, but what happened in Hanoi "is not inviting⁴" to the DPRK.

 

"If the United States adopts a correct posture⁵ and comes to the third DPRK-U.S. summit with a certain methodology that can be shared with us, we can think of holding one more (round of) talks," Kim said.

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