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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun talks with the press, after meeting with Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius in Vilnius, Lithuania. Biegun said the U.S. was exploring ways to empower India without altering what he called New Delhi's “strong and proud tradition of strategic autonomy.&quot; Biegun spoke in New Delhi at the opening session of the India-U.S. Forum after his three-day visit to India kicked off Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

In India, top US diplomat calls China ‘elephant in the room’

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

A person carries a carpet as he walks past buildings in a residential area in Ganja, Azerbaijan, damaged by shelling by Armenian forces, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. The fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh resumed Monday, with both sides accusing each other of launching attacks. The region lies in Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a separatist war in 1994. (Unal Cam/DHA via AP)

‘No military solution’ to ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute: State Department

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, left, is greeted by his South Korean counterpart Lee Do-hoon during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Biegun is in Seoul to hold talks with South Korean officials about allied cooperation on issues including North Korea. (Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP)

US envoy issues rare public criticism of N. Korean official

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. North Korea on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, repeated it has no immediate intent to resume dialogue with the United States hours before U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun was to arrive in South Korea for discussions on the stalled nuclear diplomacy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

North Korea rejects talks as US envoy arrives in Seoul

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Pompeo meets Chinese officials amid Bolton book revelations

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this April 26, 2019, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a wreath-laying ceremony in Vladivostok, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Khitrov, File)

Stephen Biegun, U.S. envoy to North Korea, snubbed on nuclear talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, center, arrives at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Biegun arrived in the country on the first leg of his two-stop Asia trip and will meet his counterparts in South Korea and Japan. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

US says it won’t accept North Korea-set nuclear deadline

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrives for a meeting with South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Cho Sei-young at the foreign ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Biegun said Monday that Washington won’t accept a year-end deadline set by North Korea to make concessions in stalled nuclear talks and urged Pyongyang to return to a negotiating table immediately. (Ed Jones/Pool Photo via AP)

Stephen Biegun says U.S. won’t accept Kim Jong Un nuke deadline

By Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2019, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump prepare to shake hands at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. North Korea said it's running out of patience with the United States over what it described as hostile policies and unilateral disarmament demands. It's warning that a close personal relationship between their leaders alone wouldn't be enough to prevent nuclear diplomacy from derailing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump North Korea denuclearization talks stalled

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE In this June 28, 2019 photo, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun sits during a meeting with South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. President Donald Trump has nominated Stephen Biegun to serve as the State Department’s second-in-command. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Trump selects second-in-command for State

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South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul, right, and U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, left, talk during their meeting at a government complex in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. The United States is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with North Korea, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday, a day after U.S. and South Korean militaries ended their regular drills that North Korea calls an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Stephen Biegun North Korea nuclear negotiation aims for working level talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, March 10, 2019, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

US envoy: NKorea denuclearization must not be incremental

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, left, talks with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong during a meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Biegun and South Korean officials met Sunday to discuss an expected second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (South Korea Presidential Blue House via AP)

US envoy, South Korean official discuss 2nd Trump-Kim summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, center, is questioned by reporters upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. Biegun will meet with South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

US, South Korean diplomats meet ahead of Trump-Kim summit

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2017 file-pool photo, South Korea and U.S. soldiers stand guard during a commemorative ceremony for the 64th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. Beyond the bluster, the Trump administration has been quietly engaged in back channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months, addressing Americans imprisoned in the communist country and deteriorating relations between the long-time foes, The Associated Press has learned. (Jung Yeon-Je/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Donald Trump not using U.S. troops as bargaining chip in North Korea talks, envoy says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump hopes to build on his meeting in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a second summit next month, reportedly in Vietnam, despite concern about a lack of action from Pyongyang. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un set for second nuclear summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Kim Yong Chol, left, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, return to discussions after a break at Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

North Korean visit could be prelude to second Kim Jong-un, Trump summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun speaks to the media upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

US official says Washington reviewing North Korea travel ban

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

North Korea denuclearization talks ‘sluggish’ with U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun, right, and South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon, left, shake hands during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

New U.S. special envoy talks N. Korea strategy with S. Korean president

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times