Senior North Korean official to meet with U.S. experts for track-two meeting

Описание: 외교부 “최선희 북 외무성 미국 국장 베이징 경유 미.북 간 track 2대화 차원”

A high-ranking North Korean official is reportedly due in Switzerland for talks with U.S. experts.
There's speculation Pyongyang is keen to feel out of the thoughts of the incoming Trump administration,... but Seoul's foreign ministry insists the discussions will have nothing to do with the U.S. government.
Kwon Soa reports.
North Korea's deputy director for North American affairs Choe Son-hui is expected to hold talks with U.S. experts in Geneva.
According to Tokyo-based Kyodo News Agency, the senior official arrived for a stop in Beijing Tuesday,... and reportedly, she's likely to hold discussions on Pyongyang's nuclear program and other North Korea issues.
This would be the first such encounter,... since Donald Trump was elected as next U.S. President,... raising question that Pyongyang could be trying to explore the incoming new administration.
South Korea's foreign ministry said Tuesday, the government was aware of Choe visiting a European country for track-two diplomacy, stressing that the visit has no official agenda with the U.S. government.


"Such track-two meetings have been occurring all the time, and there's no need to put any significant meaning to this one either."

Without specifying who the North Korean senior official would meet,... South Korea's foreign ministry said the people Choe is expected to contact have already participated in similar previous meetings.
The South Koreans government renewed Seoul and Washington's stance, that hasty dialogue with the North would only justify the regime's wrongdoings,... and that Seoul has been closely working on developing a consensus on the need to continue pressuring Pyongyang,... with the U.S. president-elect's diplomacy and security advisers.
In line with these efforts,... South Korea is planning to dispatch to Washington high-level officials this week,...
including Deputy National Security Advisor Cho Tae-yong,... and special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Hong-kyun.
Kwon Soa, Arirang News.

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