The meeting marks a rare sign of movement on the North Korean denuclearisation front since Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met in Singapore last year
A top North Korean nuclear envoy began talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and could also meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday during a visit aimed at clearing the way for a second US-North Korea summit.
The diplomatic encounter with Kim Yong-chol, Pyongyang’s lead negotiator with the United States, marked a rare sign of potential movement in a denuclearisation effort that has stalled since a landmark meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore last year.
Kim Yong-chol and Pompeo posed together for photographs at a Washington hotel before heading into the talks that could determine whether the two sides can make headway.
