The highest-ranking North Korean official to visit the US in nearly 20 years has arrived at the White House to meet US President Donald Trump.
Gen Kim Yong-chol is expected to deliver a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Mr Trump.
His visit comes a day after he met the US secretary of state in New York to discuss a historic summit between the two nations’ leaders.
Mr Trump cancelled the 12 June summit, but both sides agreed to move forward.
Scheduled to happen in Singapore, the historic meeting between Mr Trump and Kim Jong-un would be the first between sitting US and North Korean leaders.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called his meeting about denuclearisation with Gen Kim “substantive”.
“President Trump and I believe Chairman Kim is the kind of leader who can make those kinds of decisions. And that in the coming weeks and months, we will have the opportunity to test whether or not this is the case,” he said.
