Donald Trump
The President of the United States Donald trump believes that the main threat to the United States is North Korea and its nuclear program. It is reported by CNN, citing a senior source in the White house.
According to the interlocutor of TV channel on Monday, February 27, trump met with a representative of China and urged Beijing to influence Pyongyang, which China has serious leverage.
Who spoke American leader, is not specified. However, apparently, we are talking about a member of the state Council of China Yang Jiechi, the most senior Chinese official that trump has met since assuming the office of President.
On February 25 The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. state Department revoked the visa of the head of the American Department of the foreign Ministry of the DPRK Choi sung-Hwi. His meeting with former administration officials was scheduled on 1 and 2 March in new York city near the headquarters of the UN in Manhattan. The talks were expected to be the first contact between the American authorities and representatives of North Korea after the inauguration of the trump.
These meetings belong to the so-called expert diplomacy — civil mediation in dealing with various foreign policy problems. In such negotiations involved former officials and experts on international relations.
The WSJ suggested that visa North Korean diplomat was cancelled due to the start-up of the DPRK ballistic missiles in the sea of Japan and the killing of Kim Jong-Nam — brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN, which I suspect agents of Pyongyang.