CNN is reporting that the United States and North Korea have been holding secret, direct talks in preparation for a summit meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo and a team of officials have been meeting with their North Korean counterparts to come up with a location for the meeting.
Although the North Korean regime has not publicly declared its invitation by Kim Jong Un to meet with Trump, which was conveyed last month by a South Korean envoy, several officials say North Korea has since acknowledged Trump's acceptance, and Pyongyang has reaffirmed Kim is willing to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
The North Koreans are pushing to have the meeting in their capital, Pyongyang, the sources said, although it is unclear whether the White House would be willing to hold the talks there.
The talks between intelligence officials are laying the groundwork for a meeting between Pompeo and his North Korea counterpart, the head of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, in advance of the leaders' summit.
Not to say we don't trust the North Koreans to let our president leave if something bad happens, but...well, we don't trust the North Koreans.
There is a real question whether North Korea will be able to claim unquestioned status as a nuclear power - something Kim would dearly love to accomplish and something the U.S. has been opposing for more than a decade.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/us-north-korea-secret-direct-talks/
CIA Director Mike Pompeo and a team of officials have been meeting with their North Korean counterparts to come up with a location for the meeting.
Although the North Korean regime has not publicly declared its invitation by Kim Jong Un to meet with Trump, which was conveyed last month by a South Korean envoy, several officials say North Korea has since acknowledged Trump's acceptance, and Pyongyang has reaffirmed Kim is willing to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
The North Koreans are pushing to have the meeting in their capital, Pyongyang, the sources said, although it is unclear whether the White House would be willing to hold the talks there.
The talks between intelligence officials are laying the groundwork for a meeting between Pompeo and his North Korea counterpart, the head of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, in advance of the leaders' summit.
Not to say we don't trust the North Koreans to let our president leave if something bad happens, but...well, we don't trust the North Koreans.
There is a real question whether North Korea will be able to claim unquestioned status as a nuclear power - something Kim would dearly love to accomplish and something the U.S. has been opposing for more than a decade.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/us-north-korea-secret-direct-talks/
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