SEOUL, May 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign ministry reiterated its position on Tuesday that denuclearization should be put before the resumption of dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) amid expectations that Pyongyang may start efforts at dialogue after its historic ruling party convention.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-Hyuk told a regular press briefing that denuclearization on the Korean peninsula should be prioritized under any situations, saying that it would be useless to resume any dialogue that has no meaningful, substantial progress.
Speculation emerged that Pyongyang may push for dialogue with the international community, especially South Korea and the United States, to break the difficulties caused by harsher-than-ever UN Security Council sanctions over the DPRK's fourth nuclear test in February.
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