US ambassador talks up Swiss offer to host North Korea summit

Switzerland’s offer of good offices to help host a future summit between North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and United States President Donald Trump is “serious” and “a good opportunity”, the US ambassador to Switzerland has declared.  “The Swiss have made it clear that they have a very keen interest, and good offices and opportunities for conversations [on North Korea] in Switzerland,” the US ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Edward “Ed” McMullen, told reporters in Geneva on Thursday.  “We’ve made it very clear that the offer is there and it’s a serious one and it would be a good opportunity,” he said.  A historic summit is taking place on Friday between Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon-Jae-in near the countries’ border. This is in advance of a potential meeting between Trump and Kim Jong Un, for which Trump has said that five locations are under consideration.  The Bloomberg news agency has speculated that Geneva and several venues in Asia and Southeast ...