Pompeo reduces the expectations of a summit plan in a visit to North Korea
Pompeo reduces the expectations of a summit plan in a visit to North Korea
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed his doubts on Friday about whether a short trip to Pyongyang would result in a time and place for another meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un of North Korea, but said a second summit remains a main goal.
On the way to Tokyo for the first leg of a trip through four countries, Mr. Pompeo said that his goal was to work out the details for another compromise between the two men who continue your first summit in Singapore in June.
"I doubt we will succeed," said Pompeo, adding that he hoped "to start developing options for both the location and the time President Kim will meet with the president again."
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In comments last week during the United Nations General Assembly meeting, Pompeo said he would travel to North Korea to make "final preparations for the second meeting between the two leaders." He said the summit could take place in October, but more likely later.
On Friday, Mr. Pompeo said there have been "many exchanges" between US and North Korean officials, as well as representatives of South Korea, during the talks. He said the purpose of the current trip, his fourth visit to North Korea, was "to make sure we understand what each party is really trying to achieve."
Moving forward in the process requires that officials on both sides "develop sufficient confidence so that they can take the necessary steps to reach the end" of the negotiations, he said.
Mr. Trump last week relaxed demands from the US for the denuclearization calendar of North Korea, eliminating the requirements that it renounce its weapons quickly. Mr. Trump said at a press conference that he did not want to participate in a "time game."
On Friday, Mr. Pompeo refused to address the details of the negotiations, even if the United States would agree to declare the official end of the Korean War, which ended in 1953 with an armistice.
At the summit in Singapore, North Korea agreed to denuclearize in exchange for US security guarantees. Mr. Trump also pledged to stop military exercises on the Korean peninsula. But there were few details in his joint statement.
When asked if he brought mail or a gift from the president, Mr. Pompeo said: "I do not bring anything that we are prepared at this time to speak in public."
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Singapore in June.
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Mr. Pompeo will meet separately on Saturday night with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono before traveling to Pyongyang to talk with Mr. Kim.
From there, he will continue to Seoul to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and then fly to China on Monday.
Pompeo said he mistrusts previous attempts at compromise between the United States and North Korea. Past agreements "failed," he said. "And so, this has to be fundamentally different from that."
The difference with previous attempts, he said, was an understanding between both parties that "we will achieve denuclearization, in a totally verified and irreversible way, and then we will fulfill the commitments to make this better future for the people of North Korea. . "
Pompeo said China, the closest political and economic ally of North Korea, will have a role in the process and is "determined to support our efforts."
Traveling with Mr. Pompeo, the Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, the chief specialist in Korea for the National Security Council, Allison Hooker, and the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, W. Patrick Murphy.
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