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After hours of meetings with senior U.S. officials, South Korea’s new top nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam said Thursday that the two sides had “in-depth discussions” about the next steps in dealing with North Korea. The nuclear envoy arrived in Washington earlier Thursday, a trip coming on the heels of his appointment as Seoul‘s top delegate to the now-suspended six-party talks. He replaced Wi Sung-lac who was named ambassador to Russia.

Washington and Pyongyang are expected to hold another round of high-level talks in the near future aimed at restarting the six-party talks that also involve China, Russia and Japan.

Informed sources said Pyongyang and Beijing have been ruled out as a possible venue, adding the widely anticipated talks will likely take place in a Southeast Asian or a European nation.

Lim, however, would not talk about the timing and venue of the talks between the U.S. and North Korea.

(Yonhap News)