# South Korea says US-North Korea talks possible, rules out Hormuz deployment

https://mins.news/en/item/63730

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-18 05:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/18/south-korea-says-us-north-korea-talks-possible-rules-out-hormuz-deployment?traffic_source=rss

> President Lee Jae Myung says Donald Trump wants dialogue with North Korea and that Seoul is pursuing preliminary coordination to facilitate talks, though their resumption remains uncertain. Lee repeated that South Korea will not send troops to the Strait of Hormuz or become involved in the Iran war, while carrying out only necessary measures to protect its merchant ships and oil routes.

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