Pompeo, N. Korean official meet in New York: Yonhap

By Lim Chang-won Posted : May 31, 2018, 16:13 Updated : May 31, 2018, 16:13
 

[AP/Yonhap News Photo]



NEW YORK -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior North Korean official met in New York as both sides push to salvage a highly anticipated summit between their leaders.

The two had a 90-minute working dinner at the Manhattan residence of the U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations, with 13 days to go until a potential June 12 summit in Singapore between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Kim Yong-chol, a vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, arrived at JFK International Airport earlier in the day, becoming the highest-ranking North Korean to visit the U.S. since 2000. His meeting with Pompeo is expected to determine whether the two sides have enough common ground to go ahead with the summit on dismantling the North's nuclear weapons program in exchange for concessions.'

"Good working dinner with Kim Yong Chol in New York tonight," Pompeo tweeted after the dinner, along with photos of them shaking hands and clinking glasses over the table. "Steak, corn, and cheese on the menu."
(Yonhap)
 
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