U.S. says jailed reporters in N.Korea see diplomat

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said two U.S. journalists jailed in North Korea had been granted access to Sweden's ambassador to Pyongyang on Friday, a move likely seen as a positive gesture by the North.

"The Swedish ambassador to North Korea, acting as the United States' protecting power, met with each of the two detained American citizen journalists on May 15.

The ambassador had previously met with them on March 30," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly. (Reporting by Sue Pleming; editing by Todd Eastham)