{"id":318794,"date":"2017-05-13T11:22:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T11:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318794"},"modified":"2017-05-13T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T11:22:48","slug":"north-korea-would-hold-talks-with-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/north-korea-would-hold-talks-with-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea ‘would hold talks’ with Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"
North Korea has said it will hold talks with the US “if the conditions were right”, South Korean media reports.<\/p>\n
A senior North Korean diplomat said dialogue with the Trump administration was possible following a meeting with ex-US government officials in Norway.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month US President Donald Trump said he would be “honoured” to meet Kim Jong-un.<\/p>\n
The comments follow months of rising tensions over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programme.<\/p>\n
Choe Son-hui, an official in the North Korean foreign ministry responsible for North American affairs, told reporters in Beijing that bilateral talks between Pyongyang and Washington would be considered.<\/p>\n