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N.Korea’s US envoy arrives in Hanoi ahead of Trump-Kim summit
HANOI, Feb 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Pyongyang’s special representative for the
US Kim Hyok Chol arrived in Hanoi on Wednesday with a North Korean
delegation, an AFP reporter and source confirmed, ahead of a summit between
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un next week.
“A team of North Koreans arrived on a fight from Beijing,” a source at the
airport confirmed, requesting anonymity.
An AFP reporter saw Kim walk into a government guesthouse where other
North Korean officials in town for pre-summit preparations were staying over
the weekend.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1833 hrs