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| Mike Pompeo to visit North Korea for further talks with Kim Jong-un | Mike Pompeo to visit North Korea for further talks with Kim Jong-un |
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| Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, will travel to Pyongyang on Saturday to try to further denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the state department has announced. | Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, will travel to Pyongyang on Saturday to try to further denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the state department has announced. |
| Pompeo will also travel to Japan, South Korea and China between 6 and 8 October, US state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters on Tuesday. | Pompeo will also travel to Japan, South Korea and China between 6 and 8 October, US state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters on Tuesday. |
| North Korea will not abandon nuclear weapons if it cannot trust US – minister | |
| “I think it shows forward progress and momentum that the secretary is making his fourth trip back in less than a year,” Nauert said. “Of course, we have quite a ways to go but we look forward to the next steps in this conversation,” she added. | “I think it shows forward progress and momentum that the secretary is making his fourth trip back in less than a year,” Nauert said. “Of course, we have quite a ways to go but we look forward to the next steps in this conversation,” she added. |
| Pompeo’s visit comes ahead of a planned second summit between Kim and Donald Trump. The invitation to return to Pyongyang to discuss North Korean denuclearization efforts was made during a meeting with North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong-ho amid UN sessions last week. | Pompeo’s visit comes ahead of a planned second summit between Kim and Donald Trump. The invitation to return to Pyongyang to discuss North Korean denuclearization efforts was made during a meeting with North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong-ho amid UN sessions last week. |
| Nauert said the meetings in Japan, South Korea and China were intended to brief counterparts on the talks in Pyongyang. | Nauert said the meetings in Japan, South Korea and China were intended to brief counterparts on the talks in Pyongyang. |
| Kim has committed to give up his country’s nuclear weapons although his actions have fallen short of Washington’s demands for a complete inventory of North Korea’s weapons programs and irreversible steps to give up a nuclear arsenal that potentially threatens the United States. | Kim has committed to give up his country’s nuclear weapons although his actions have fallen short of Washington’s demands for a complete inventory of North Korea’s weapons programs and irreversible steps to give up a nuclear arsenal that potentially threatens the United States. |
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