Minister of Foreign Affairs visited the U.S. to Asia in April

U.S. Secretary Of State John Kerry (REUTERS/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool)

... confirms the Government's commitment to continue to expand and improve the economy, security and u.s. strategic interests in the Asia-Pasirik. "

Washington (Reuters)-United States Secretary of State John Kerry will do in his first visit to Asia in mid-April, an official announced Thursday.

North Korea is expected to be the main agenda during the visit.

Kerry will visit South Korea, Japan and China after attending the ministerial meeting of the G8 Foreign Ministers in London on 10 and 11 April, said a spokesman for the U.s. State Department, Victoria Nuland, the AFP report.

Minister of Foreign Affairs AS it will "discuss in full the issues of bilateral, multilateral and regional economic cooperation as well as the environment," said Nuland.

North Korea nuclear test last month that increases tension on the Korea Peninsula is expected to dominate the agenda of the talks, as well as the issue concerns a matter of hacking the Internet originating from China.

Climate change, with China as one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, will also be discussed in the meetings.

"The Foreign Minister will continue to assert the Government's commitment to continue to expand and improve the economy, security and u.s. strategic interests in the Asia-Pasirik," said Nuland.

Kerry "can't wait for a return visit to Asia," he added.

John Kerry, the former US senator who took over the post of Foreign Minister from Hillary Clinton on Feb. 1, has done his first foreign visit to U.S. ally countries in Europe and the Gulf.

Nuland also announced that Kerry will take part in a meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers in Brunei in June and at the same time will make a visit to the Southeast Asian countries. (T008/M014)

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U.S. officials secretly visited North Korea last year

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un. (REUTERS/Kyodo)

... This is one thing that I think is not worth it for me to say

Los Angeles (Reuters)-the United States officials visited North Korea twice secretly last year, in an attempt to improve relations after North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un to assume the Office, said the Los Angeles Times newspaper, Saturday.

By citing the statement of former officials is not mentioned by name, knowing that the visit, the newspaper said the visit in April and August that aims to encourage new leaders in Pyongyang ran a moderate foreign policy.

The visit was led by Joseph DeTrani April, which at that time was the Director of national intelligence agency "National Counterproliferation Center."

It is not clear who is leading the August visit, the newspaper said.

The Times quoted officials as saying that Sydney Seiler, an analyst of the CIA veterans, who are fluent in Korea and led Korea Policy Board at the National Security Council, took part in two of the visit.

DeTrani withdrew from the Government last year and is now leading the Intelligence and national security Alliance, an industry group, said the newspaper.

"There are certain things I don't want to say, and this is one thing that I think is not worth it for me to disclose," the report said quoting a statement DeTrani in one telephone interview.

DeTrani said he and other u.s. experts had seen signs that Kim Jong-Un may be less assertive in comparison with his father, including placing a moderate figures in important government positions.

Without confirm excursions in 2012, she added take it is the need for US to conduct negotiations with officials from North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-Il, the paper said, as quoted by AFP.

U.s. officials have visited North Korea in the past. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright made an official visit to the country in 2000.

U.S. officials visited North Korea last year 2009 was Stephen Bosworth, who endeavored to re-start the stalled negotiations with six countries of North Korea nuclear program.

(H-RN/C003)

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