The Guardian newpaper reported last week that "North Korea is open to direct talks with the US over their nuclear standoff." Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov reportedly passed this message on to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Lavrov was the visiting foreign minister who, along with the Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak, visited Donald Trump in the Oval Office, where they seemed to have a jolly good time with their ? old friend ? the president. Who, incidentally, told them that the "Russia thing" had been weighing on him, and he was relieved to have it lifted.
It seems to be reasonable, given that White House connection, that the North Koreans would see Lavrov as a good person to convey this message. This is a delicate time. E J. Dionne, writing in the Washington Post, says that we are closer to war than we've been in this conflict with North Korea. Let's hope that there's someone left in the State Department who knows North Korea, and that Tillerson and Kelly and McMasters can convince Trump not to mess it up.
Ralph
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