Delegations from North Korea, U.S. in Singapore for talks on potential summit
- 6 years ago
We start with news that North Korea and the United States are locked in a multi-pronged diplomatic push to arrange a highly-anticipated summit between their leaders in Singapore,... possibly on the June 12th... the date that was originally set.
Our Lee Ji-won has more.
Delegations from North Korea and the U.S. have reportedly arrived in Singapore for working-level talks ahead of a possible summit next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
An eight-member delegation from the North led by Kim Chang-son , the regime's State Affairs Commission Secretariat and a top logistics and protocol official is said to have landed in Singapore late Monday, local time, according to local sources
The U.S. team, consisting of some 30 officials from the White House and State Department, led by Deputy White House Chief of Staff Joe Hagin arrived in the Southeast Asian city state earlier that day.
Although the exact time of the meeting has not been disclosed, the two sides are expected to meet as early as Tuesday, to discuss logistics, protocols and specific venues and itineraries for the two leaders.
This comes as the former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and former nuclear negotiator, Sung Kim,... and North Korea's, Choe Son-hui, the regime's vice foreign minister and a former director of her ministry's North American department are expected to resume their meeting at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday.
Starting Sunday, the two sides have been committed to the talks,... but it's known they did not meet on Monday and instead had meetings among themselves, according to foreign affairs sources.
As both diplomats are experts in their fields, it's expected they'll discuss the agenda and details of the Pyongyang-Washington summit.
On a separate, but complementary track,... the Associated Press is reporting that a "CIA Team," assumed as the CIA Korea Mission Center is meeting with its North Korean counterpart, known as the United Front Department headed by the regime's Vice Chairman of its Workers' Party Kim Yong-chol .
The report says the third track is to complement the working-level talks being held at Panmunjom.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
Our Lee Ji-won has more.
Delegations from North Korea and the U.S. have reportedly arrived in Singapore for working-level talks ahead of a possible summit next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
An eight-member delegation from the North led by Kim Chang-son , the regime's State Affairs Commission Secretariat and a top logistics and protocol official is said to have landed in Singapore late Monday, local time, according to local sources
The U.S. team, consisting of some 30 officials from the White House and State Department, led by Deputy White House Chief of Staff Joe Hagin arrived in the Southeast Asian city state earlier that day.
Although the exact time of the meeting has not been disclosed, the two sides are expected to meet as early as Tuesday, to discuss logistics, protocols and specific venues and itineraries for the two leaders.
This comes as the former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and former nuclear negotiator, Sung Kim,... and North Korea's, Choe Son-hui, the regime's vice foreign minister and a former director of her ministry's North American department are expected to resume their meeting at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday.
Starting Sunday, the two sides have been committed to the talks,... but it's known they did not meet on Monday and instead had meetings among themselves, according to foreign affairs sources.
As both diplomats are experts in their fields, it's expected they'll discuss the agenda and details of the Pyongyang-Washington summit.
On a separate, but complementary track,... the Associated Press is reporting that a "CIA Team," assumed as the CIA Korea Mission Center is meeting with its North Korean counterpart, known as the United Front Department headed by the regime's Vice Chairman of its Workers' Party Kim Yong-chol .
The report says the third track is to complement the working-level talks being held at Panmunjom.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.