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Experts: U.S. Shifts Focus Away From North Korea

Christy Lee

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is shifting his priorities
   away from North Korea in his run up to the presidential election this
   year, experts said, after fruitless efforts at denuclearization talks
   that remain deadlocked.

   "I suspect the administration sees little opportunity for renewed
   nuclear diplomacy before the 2020 election," said Robert Manning, a
   senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

   Trump has been reassigning U.S. officials involved in negotiations with
   North Korea to other posts, a move that experts think signals that his
   administration is putting less emphasis on denuclearization talks that
   failed to make a breakthrough last year.

   The White House announced Tuesday that Trump has nominated [1]Alex
   Wong, the deputy special representative for North Korea at the State
   Department, to a post at the U.N. Wong will be the alternative U.S.
   representative for special political affairs at the U.N. with a rank of
   ambassador, the White House said.

References

   1. https://www.state.gov/biographies/alex-n-wong/

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