US official will talk to leaders from four countries in an effort to make progress on North Korea’s denuclearisation.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Japan as part of his three-day East Asia tour aiming to make progress on convincing North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons.
Pompeo arrived in Tokyo on Saturday for talks with Japanese officials before his trip to North Korea .
He will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono to discuss their North Korea policies before heading to Pyongyang on Sunday, second top on a trip that will also take him to South Korea and China.
Speaking on his plane on Friday, Pompeo said his mission was to “make sure that we understand what each side is truly trying to achieve… and how we can deliver against the commitments that were made” in Singapore when President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met earlier this year.
