North Korean officials ‘are set to fly to the US for talks’ for the first time in five years despite latest nuclear test and assassination of Kim’s brother
Preparations are underway to bring senior North Korean officials to the US
The Pyongyang delegation are ‘planned to meet with former US officials’
If they go ahead the talks would be a clear indication Kim Jong Un wants to communicate with the Trump administration
The State Department said such talks are independent of US government
By JOE SHEPPARD
DailyMail.com
20 February 2017
Preparations are believed to be underway to bring senior North Korean delegates to the United States for talks with former US officials, the first such meeting in more than five years.
The talks would be the clearest indication yet that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants to communicate with the new Trump administration.
Planning for the ‘Track 1.5 talks’ is still in a preparatory stage, according to The Washington Post.
The name, reflecting planned contact between former US officials and current North Korean ones, is a reference to what are known as ‘Track 2’ talks involving former officials on both sides.
Organizing a meeting will have been complicated as relations have become strained between the two states, following an ‘aggressive’ ballistic missile test by North Korea and the alleged state-sanctioned assassination of Kim’s half-brother by North Korean agents.
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