South Korea's envoy to the North has voiced "high hopes" that the upcoming inter-Korea summit will achieve a decisive breakthrough in the stalled nuclear talks, when their leaders discuss specific measures for North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons.
Mr Chung Eui-yong, who travelled to Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last week to discuss his meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, addressed officials from 51 countries gathered yesterday for the Seoul Defence Dialogue.
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