1. Amb. Lee Do-hoon, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, held his first telephone conversation with Mr. Stephen Biegun, new Special Representative for North Korea of the Department of State of the United States, on September 7 to congratulate him on his inauguration. 

2. The two sides exchanged views on the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, including the outcome of the recent visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by special envoys of the Republic of Korea; and agreed to work closely together to achieve tangible progress toward denuclearization and to build peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula on the basis of firm ROK-US coordination.

3. Special Representative Biegun mentioned that he looked forward to holding in-depth consultations with Special Representative Lee during the former’s visit to the ROK from September 10 to 12. The two sides agreed to continue communicating with each other as often as necessary in a bid to closely fine-tune their next strategies.

* unofficial translation