US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to visit Japan, South Korea and China this month to discuss North Korea on his first trip to the region since he took up his post. Tillerson and Kishida were likely to discuss the timing of a visit to Japan by Trump, Kyodo cited its sources as saying. Trump, who has attacked China on issues from trade to the South China Sea, met China’s top diplomat, State Councillor Yang Jiechi, last month, his first face-to-face talks with a member of the Chinese leadership. They will likely discuss North Korea’s weapons program as well as the recent murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Kyodo reported. South Korean intelligence and US officials say the murder in Malaysia was an assassination organised by North Korean agents.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 04, 2017 12:56 UTC