North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui (C) at a press conference in Pyongyang on March 15, 2019 .(Photo: THX/VNA)

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said in a statement carried by the North’s official KCNA news agency that Pyongyang was willing to have comprehensive discussions with the US, at a time and place agreed between both sides, on the issues they have previously discussed.

On August 31, the US State Department announced that Washington is willing to negotiate with Pyongyang.