North Koreans backed out of meeting with Pence at Olympics, administration says

North Korean officials "walked away from a meeting" with Vice President Mike Pence at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, according to the vice president's chief of staff.

Pence, who noticeably kept his distance from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's sister at the Olympics, had actually intended to meet with North Korean officials while at the games. Nick Ayers, Pence's chief of staff, confirmed in a statement to CBS News that North Korea "dangled a meeting" with Pence before cancelling. The scrapped meeting was first reported by the Washington Post. 

Ayers suggested the North Koreans backed out because of the administration's determination to "stand in the way of Kim's desire to whitewash their murderous regime with nice photo ops at the Olympics."



Source :- cbsnews

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