Washington Times: Mike Pompeo poised for next step of nuke talks with North Korean officials
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will “soon” meet with North Korean officials to take the next step in a denuclearization deal, a top South Korea official said Monday.
“Secretary of State Pompeo has the will to push ahead with [negotiations] at a very fast speed,” said South Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa, who had just received an update Sunday from Mr. Pompeo.
She said Mr. Pompeo plans to “sit down with North Korea at the earliest possible time.”
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Mr. Pompeo called Ms. Kang to discuss the next steps following the historic U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore last week.
“Secretary Pompeo and Foreign Minister Kang reaffirmed that the United States and the Republic of Korea remain committed to the goal of complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization,” she said. “The two leaders pledged to maintain close coordination and agreed that pressure must continue until the DPRK denuclearizes.”
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WNU Editor: I expect that for the rest of the year we will be reading reports of officials talking and meeting, a lot of shuttling back and forth, coordinating agendas and time tables, and making sure that everyone is in the loop .... Russia's Lavrov, U.S.'s Pompeo discuss Syria, Koreas by phone: Russian ministry (Reuters).
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