By IRNA,
Berlin : American representatives have secretly met with North Korean officials in southern Germany in an effort to end the diplomatic impasse on the Korean peninsula, the director of the Aspen Institute in Berlin, Charles King Mallory, said Tuesday.
Former presidential officials, experts and representatives of the United States’ Republican and Democratic parties attended the inofficial talks at a secluded castle in the sleepy town of Ehingen.
The German branch of the Aspen Institute is reportedly hosting the talks.
‘The talks were about possible ways of closing the gap on the nuclear issue and on bilateral relations,’ Mallory told the German Press Agency dpa.
A North Korean official was due to give a statement on Wednesday in Berlin.