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  • Sweden, North Korea end 3 days of talks on security issues

    JAN M. OLSEN and DAVID KEYTON|Mar 18, 2018

    STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's foreign minister concluded three days of talks Saturday with her North Korean counterpart, saying they discussed the "opportunities and challenges for continued diplomatic efforts to reach a peaceful solution" to the Koreas' security dispute. Minister Margot Wallstrom stopped short of saying whether North Korean Ri Yong Ho's trip to Sweden had led to any further developments concerning a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "The main focus for the talks was the s...

  • North Korean minister in 'constructive' talks in Sweden

    JAN M. OLSEN and DAVID KEYTON|Mar 16, 2018

    STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's foreign minister held what she called "good and constructive" talks with her North Korean counterpart on Friday amid growing speculation about a possible meeting in the Scandinavian country between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom refused to say as she left the Stockholm villa where the meeting took place whether she and North Korea's Ri Yong Ho discussed a Trump-Kim meeting. The villa is close to the embassies of South Korea and the United States. "We'll s...