The United States and North Korea have agreed to resume working-level denuclearization talks this week. 

The North's Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said in a statement via the regime’s official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) on Tuesday that the two sides have agreed to hold a working-level negotiation session on Saturday, following a preliminary contact on Friday. 

Choe expressed hope the talks will be a positive development for their bilateral relations, adding delegates from the North are ready to enter negotiations. 

The North did not mention where the meetings will be held.

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