US and North Korean diplomats were set to resume working-level nuclear talks in Stockholm on Saturday after months of uncertainty over the fate of the negotiations. North Korea’s Kim Myong Gil and Stephen Biegun, the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, are part of the teams holding the talks at an island off the Swedish capital. The first cars with tinted windows started arriving just after 9.00 a.m. (0700 UTC). Read more: What does North Korea want to achieve with missile tests? Kim Myong Gil said he was “optimistic” about the talks, speaking in Beijing on his way to Stockholm. The talks will be the first significant dialogue between the US and North Korea since the February summit in Hanoi between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump then walked away from Kim’s offer to close a nuclear site if the US lifted sanctions. Washington has since been awaiting a resumption of the dialogue. The first cars with tinted windows arrived early on Saturday morning More leverage for North Korea The talks come after North Korea recently announced the test of a “new type” of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). North Korea frequently couples diplomatic overtures with military…