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North Korea willing to hold talks with US to denuclearise its arsenal

Reacting to the news, President Donald Trump tweeted: "We will see what happens!"

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong after Chung gave Kim the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in Pyongyang, North Korea 	AP/Pti
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong after Chung gave Kim the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in Pyongyang, North Korea AP/Pti

Reuters Seoul
North Korea is willing to hold talks with the US on denuclearisation and will suspend nuclear tests while those talks are under way, the South said on Tuesday after a delegation returned from the North where it met leader Kim Jong Un.

North and South Korea will also hold their first summit in more than a decade next month at the border village of Panmunjom, the head of the delegation, Chung Eui-yong, told a media briefing.

“North Korea made clear its willingness to denuclearise the Korean peninsula and the fact there is no reason for it to have a nuclear programme if

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