1. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke by phone with her US counterpart Mike Pompeo on June 1, and engaged in in-depth discussions on the results of contacts between the US and North Korea underway, as well as the way forward.

o Secretary Pompeo shared the detailed results of his meeting with Vice Chairman of North Korea's Workers' Party Central Committee Kim Yong-chol in New York, and the US-North Korea working-level talks at Panmunjeom, which were held from May 30 to 31. The Secretary also explained developments regarding efforts to revive the US-North Korea summit, and the US side’s plan for the path forward.

o Minister Kang took note of close communications and coordination between the ROK and the US that have continued during a series of recent contacts between the US and North Korea, and discussed a range of ways to achieve complete denuclearization and establish a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, while keeping alive the current momentum for dialogue.

o Minister Kang and Secretary Pompeo agreed to continue close communications and cooperation between the ROK and the US at each level on the US-North Korea summit.

2. The phone conversation today was part of communications between the Minister and the Secretary, as they have frequently contacted each other in the process of holding working-level talks between the US and North Korea, and making efforts to revive the US-North Korea summit, and reviewed related developments and closely coordinated the way forward.

* unofficial translation