Richardson making ‘private visit’ to North Korea
Odd spot for a vacation.Gov. Bill Richardson will make a “private visit” to North Korea next week to meet with government officials, Reuters is reporting.
“This is a private visit. He is not delivering a message,” a senior U.S. official was quoted by the news organization as saying.
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Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has negotiated with the North Korean government several times since he became governor in 2003, both in North Korea and Santa Fe.
However, since a federal investigation derailed Richardson’s nomination to be U.S. commerce secretary and damaged his public image, the U.S. government has sent Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton on trips to North Korea instead of Richardson.
The governor did meet with North Korean diplomats in Santa Fe last year.
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