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SEOUL: North Korea has agreed to take concrete steps towards denuclearisation, if the US takes corresponding measures, South Korean President Moon Jae-In said after summit meetings in Pyongyang.


At a joint news conference with Kim Jong Un, Moon said the North Korean leader had agreed to allow international experts to witness the dismantling of its west coast missile engine testing facility and launch pad.


However, he said that the shutdown of the North’s main nuclear facility, the Yongbyon research centre, would be dependent on the US taking corresponding measures.


Exactly what North Korea wanted from the US was unclear, as was the planned timetable for the moves. Kim said nothing about the dismantling of his existing arsenal, which the US has demanded.


Moon is set to meet US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting


on Monday and give him a run-down of the talks.


The Yongbyon complex houses a nuclear reactor, a fuel reprocessing facility that can recover weapons-grade plutonium and a uranium enrichment facility, which can also be used to make nuclear weapons.


Both Koreas had agreed to “remove all dangers that could cause wars on the peninsula,” Moon said, adding: “Complete denuclearisation is in the not-too-distant future.”


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