There are three types of talks between countries. Track 1.5 means an unofficial meeting that involves government staff as well as other experts.
A North Korean diplomat responsible for relations with the US will be holding semiofficial talks with South Korea and the US in Finland this week, the foreign ministries of South Korea and Finland have confirmed.
After boarding a flight to Finland from Beijing, Choe Kang Il, North Korea’s deputy director-general for North American affairs, is expected to discuss a US-North Korea summit, which President Donald Trump said would happen by May, and an upcoming inter-Korean summit.
The talks have been described as « track 1.5, » referring to three types of meetings between countries.
« The North Koreans understand that we’re in no way representing the United States government. So sometimes, we can raise things that the US government isn’t able to, » Leon V.
