Park said Carter told him during a meeting at his home in Georgia at the end of September that he wanted to “contribute toward establishing a permanent peace regime on the Korean peninsula. “He wants to employ his experience visiting North Korea to prevent a second Korean war,” he added. In August 2010, he secured the release of Aijalon Gomes, an American who had been sentenced to eight years in prison for entering North Korea illegally. Park, who helped organise the 1994 and 2010 trips to North Korea, said he had communicated to Pyongyang Carter’s wish to lead a US delegation to the country. We might be able talk with Trump again if North Korea sends an official invitation.

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2017 05:48 UTC