A senior North Korean diplomat began unofficial talks with former U.S. officials on the outskirts of Oslo on Monday in a so-called track one-point-five dialogue involving government and civilian experts.
 
A diplomatic source in Norway said the discussions will continue until Tuesday.
 
The North Korean delegation is reportedly led by Choe Son-hui, director-general of the Foreign Ministry's North America bureau.
 
Her counterpart is Suzanne DiMaggio, director and senior fellow at New America, a think tank based in Washington D.C. Former U.S. State Department officials who have participated in track one-point-five dialogue with the North also joined the talks.
 
New America said DiMaggio has led track one-point-five and nongovernmental track two talks on regional security, terrorism, nonproliferation, governance and development for more than 15 years.
 
DiMaggio also heads the U.S.-Iran Initiative, which analyzes and proposes policies to support relations between the two countries.  

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