Immigration considers granting US visa for North Korean nuclear envoy
March 05 2010 by Liam Clifford
The US immigration department has been asked to grant a US visa for North Korea’s chief nuclear envoy.
Kim Gye-gwan wants to attend an
academic seminar in New York later in March and needs a US visa to be able to
enter the country.
A spokesman for the US State Department, Philip
Crowley, stated that they are yet to make a decision as to whether the North
Korean official should be granted the visa. He stated, “there has been
discussion about an invitation for him to come to the United States, private
invitation. I think there have been inquiries about providing him a visa. We’ve
made no decision on that.”
In addition to the seminar, Kim is also
expected to attend meetings with the US envoy for the six-party talks, Sung Kim.
This meeting is intended to encourage the reopening of the six-party talks on
the denuclearisation of North Korea.
The granting of the US visa could
help to re-start the talks, which were boycotted after the UN imposed sanctions
on the country as a result of its testing of missiles and nuclear bombs.
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