US’s Mike Pompeo talks with top North Korean official in New York
New York — US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and a top North Korean official were set to continue talks in New York on Thursday to try to salvage next month’s nuclear summit, as Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov flew into Pyongyang for discussions with Kim Jong-un. Kim Yong-chol, considered the North Korean leader’s right-hand man, is the most senior official from Pyongyang to visit the US in 18 years. He joined Pompeo at the apartment of a US diplomat on Manhattan’s East Side on Wednesday for talks over an evening meal that lasted about an hour and a half. Two more meetings are scheduled for Thursday. "Good working dinner with Kim Yong-chol in New York tonight," Pompeo tweeted. "Steak, corn, and cheese on the menu." It was the third meeting between the two officials who are working to finalise planning for a June 12 summit designed to end a nuclear stand-off that has threatened to plunge Korea back into war. "They are meeting to see what needs to be done in the two weeks that ...
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