1. Amb. Lee Do-hoon, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a telephone consultation with Mr. Stephen Biegun, Special Representative for North Korea of the Department of State of the United States, on the morning of May 2 (Seoul time).

2. The two sides shared assessments of the situation on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of the US-Democratic People’s Republic of Korea summit in Hanoi and the recent Republic of Korea-US summit, including the outcome of the summit talks between the DPRK and the Russian Federation; and discussed ways to work together to make progress toward complete denuclearization and the establishment of permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.

* unofficial translation