美朝就核问题进行非正式会谈

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Delegates from North Korean and US have wrapped up a two-day informal meeting in Singapore.

来自朝鲜与美国的代表们在新加坡进行了为期两天的非正式会谈。

The meeting is the first direct contact of the two sides amid strained relationship following disputes over the US's military exercises with South Korea.

Stephen Bosworth is the former US special envoy for North Korea policy:

"We from the US side emphasise the importance of dealing with these issues of the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and the importance as well of making progress on the other elements of the joint statement from the six party talks of September 2005."

North Korean negotiators reiterated being willing to suspend nuclear tests if the United States agreed to call off annual military drills held jointly with South Korea.

Ri Yong Ho, the chief negotiator for six-party denuclearisation talks of North Korea.

"To put an end to this large scale joint military exercise, I think, this is the first step to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula."

Pyongyang have made similar calls repeatedly.

The last such request, made on January 10th, was dismissed as a 'veiled threat' by US officials.
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