News in brief: North Korean FM meets Swedish PM

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AFP, Stockholm :
North Korea’s foreign minister held talks in Stockholm with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven on Friday amid reports Sweden could play a role in setting up a proposed summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un.
“They had a meeting. We will not disclose what they talked about,” Lofven’s spokesman Jonatan Holst told AFP. Ri Yong Ho arrived in the Swedish capital on Thursday evening with Choe Kang Il, deputy director general of the foreign ministry’s North America section.

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