North Korea and the United States will resume nuclear talks this weekend after negotiations were put on hold for months, a senior North Korean diplomat said Tuesday.

Choe Son-Hui, North Korea’s first vice minister of foreign affairs, said her country will have preliminary contact with the U.S. on Friday, and the two will hold working-level negotiations on Saturday.

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