多家媒体称美中情局长与金正恩会谈

CIA director Mike Pompeo traveled to Pyongyang for a secret meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to multiple media reports.

The meeting to prepare for direct talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim took place over Easter weekend, according to unnamed officials reported by several news outlets.

Earlier Trump acknowledged the U.S. had held direct talks at high levels.

During a walk with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and their spouses on the grounds of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, the president was asked by a reporter if he had talked with Kim. Trump turned towards the group of journalists, smiled and replied, “yes.”

A few minutes later, at the start of dinner with the Japanese couple, the president was again asked the same question. “Let's leave it a little bit short of that. But we've had talks at the highest level,” Trump replied. “And it's going very well. We'll see what happens.”

Within minutes, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also knocked down any confirmation of direct communication between Kim and the president or his top officials.

“In regards to talks with Leader Kim Jong-un: The President said the administration has had talks at the highest levels and added that they were not with him directly,” Huckabee Sanders said in a comment e-mailed to reporters.