‘First N KoreaUS contact in Trump admin cancelled’

Plans for the first contact between North Korea and the United States after President Donald Trump took office were cancelled after the US state department denied a visa for the top envoy from Pyongyang.

The talks between North Korean foreign ministry envoy Choe Son Hui and former US officials were called off after Choe was denied a visa, the Wall Street Journal said.

It was not clear what led the US to deny the visa but North Korea’s test-firing a ballistic missile on February 12 may have played a role, the report said.

A US official denied so-called track two discussions had been scheduled. “The US government had no plans to engage in talks in New York,” the official said, declining comment on individual visa cases.