Pompeo will meet with the North Korean leader “to continue consultations and implement the forward progress made by President Trump and Chairman Kim in Singapore,” the State Department said.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to North Korea on July 5 to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday.
The event this week will be at least the second known meeting between Pompeo and Kim. The two men will meet “to continue the ongoing and important work of denuclearization on the Korean peninsula,” Sanders said at a press briefing.
The meeting will take place less than a month after Donald Trump became the first sitting U. S. president to meet face-to-face with a North Korean leader during a summit on denuclearization in Singapore. During those talks, Trump and Kim signed an agreement that outlined a commitment toward denuclearizing North Korea and creating a lasting “peace regime” on the peninsula.
Trump called the document “very comprehensive,” although it was unclear what concessions or commitments Kim ultimately signed on to.
