According to him, such an agreement was reached during the visit of US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Bigan to Seoul this week. Palladino noted that the purpose of the visit was to discuss diplomatic efforts to achieve the “final, complete, verifiable” denuclearization of the DPRK.
“As part of this, both countries agreed to create a new working group that would further deepen our close coordination on diplomacy, on denuclearization attempts, on sanctions implementation and on inter-Korean cooperation, which would comply with UN sanctions,” the State Department spokesman said.
US calls on Arab coalition to stop airstrikes on Yemen
The United States called on the coalition under the auspices of Saudi Arabia to stop airstrikes on Yemen, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
He also considers it necessary to conduct negotiations on the situation in Yemen in the "third country" in order to put an end to the conflict and create a demilitarized zone. Such a meeting could take place in November, said Pompeo.
The conflict in Yemen between the government and the Shiite Hussite rebels from the Ansar Alla movement has been going on since 2014. This led to an acute humanitarian crisis.
According to the September data of the UN World Food Program, two thirds of Yemen’s population, that is, 18 million people, “do not know where to get food for the next meal,” and eight million of them are in a situation close to starvation.
Now the most fierce battles are in the area of the strategically important port of Hodeidah. The Arab coalition supporting the Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi has been trying to discourage the Houthis from the port for several months. However, pro-government troops have not yet managed to establish control over the city.
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