North Korea BOMBSHELL: USA and North Korea
hold SECRET TALKS. NORTH KOREA officials have been holding secret,
direct talks with members of the American intelligence services in advance of President
Donald Trump's meeting with dictator Kim Jong Un, it has been revealed. North Korea fuelled fears of an escalation
to World War 3 with a series of successful ballistic missile tests last year. Despot Kim Jong-Un has repeatedly threatened
to attack the USA and its allies South Korea and Japan.
But a long-anticipated meeting between US
President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader to defuse the increasingly tense stand-off
is a step closer to reality after CNN revealed that CIA officials had spoken over the phone
to their North Korean counterparts, and even held face-to-face meetings in a third country. Negotiations are reportedly being led by Mike
Pompeo, the head of the CIA, who will meet with his North Korean counterpart before Trump
and Kims head-to-head. Sources told CNN North Korea was pushing to
hold the meeting in Pyongyang, the countrys capital, although it is unlikely that the
White House would agree to such terms. They added that Ulaanbaatar, the capital of
Mongolia, had emerged as a possible alternative.
The North Korean regime has not publicly declared
Kim Jong Uns invitation to meet with Trump, but several officials now say it has acknowledged
Trumps acceptance. Pyongyang has reaffirmed Kims willingness
to meet with Trump to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Mr Trump has remained coy on the details of
his summit with Kim, but said in March: "We're moving along very nicely with North Korea. We'll see what happens.
Certainly the rhetoric has calmed down just
a little bit. However, experts have warned that talking
with Kim could do more harm than good. Robert A. Manning, resident senior fellow
at the Atlantic Council, described Americas plans for denuclearisation as absurd.
He added: With no Secretary of State in
place, a gutted State Department, and Boltons housecleaning at the NSC, Trump does have
something of a deficit in Korean expertise and experience. The news comes days after it the British Ministry
of Defence published its report on the risks posed by North Korea, suggesting the rogue
regime could be ready to strike the UK in a matter of months. Defence Minister Earl Howe said: "Our judgement
is that its probably six to 18 months before they will have an ICBM capability capable
of reaching the coast of the United States or indeed ourselves.".
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