North Korea pulled out of what would have been the highest-level meeting with US officials in almost two decades less than two hours before it was scheduled to start, White House officials have revealed.
According to US officials, North Korea “dangled” an opportunity for Mike Pence, US vice-president, to meet a high-level political delegation from Pyongyang following the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea earlier this month.
But hours before Mr Pence was to meet Kim Yo Jong — the influential sister of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un — the reclusive regime backed out in a move US officials said was a result of Mr Pence’s tough rhetoric.
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