N. Korea, US Begin Working-level Talks in Sweden

Senior officials from North Korea and the United States reportedly kicked off working-level talks on Saturday in Sweden to prepare for a second summit between their leaders.

کد خبر: ۸۷۱۳۵۲

تاریخ: ۳۰ دی ۱۳۹۷ - ۰۹:۴۱

Stephen Biegun, Washington's special representative for North Korea, arrived in Stockholm on Saturday afternoon for four days of talks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at a remote facility outside of Sweden's capital.

It is the first time that Biegun has met Choe for working-level denuclearization talks since he became the U.S. nuclear envoy in August last year.

South Korea's top nuclear envoy, Lee Do-hoon, also arrived in Sweden on Friday for possible three-way negotiations with them as a potential mediator in denuclearization talks.

The officials from the three nations are expected to explain their respective positions and seek to produce agreements regarding the second summit through three-way or bilateral talks between the two Koreas or between North Korea and the United States for four days until next Tuesday.

The secret talks came as Kim Yong-chol, a top North Korean official, wrapped up his three-day visit to Washington on Sunday after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreeing to hold a second summit next month between Trump and the North's leader, Kim Jong-un.