Trump North Korea Envoy Sees Gap in Nuclear Talks Before Summit
- South Korean lawmaker says Biegun briefed on Pyongyang talks
- U.S. tamps down expectations ahead of Feb. 27 meeting in Hanoi
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The U.S. envoy to North Korean nuclear talks said it would be hard to resolve remaining disputes before President Donald Trump’s upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un, according to a South Korean lawmaker, a sign the American side may be playing down expectations.
The State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun told visiting South Korean legislators that nuclear negotiations would likely stretch beyond the summit planned for Feb. 27-28 in Hanoi, lawmaker Baek Seung-joo said. Biegun, who was in Pyongyang last week, blamed North Korea for dragging out talks since Trump’s historic first summit with Kim in Singapore last June, Baek said by phone from Washington.