Just days ago, Pompeo said he expected to achieve ‘some real progress’ on nuclear disarmament during the meeting with Kim Yong Chol.
An upcoming round of high-level talks between the U. S. and North Korea has been postponed, the State Department announced early Wednesday morning.
The meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, which had been scheduled for Thursday in New York, “will now take place at a later date,” department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement.
“We will reconvene when our respective schedules permit,” she added. “Ongoing conversations continue to take place.”
Nauert did not provide a specific reason for the cancellation of Thursday’s meeting, which had been touted as a warm-up for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un early next year.
Just days ago, Pompeo said he expected to achieve “some real progress” on nuclear disarmament during the meeting with Kim Yong Chol.
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“I’m confident that we’ll advance the ball again this week when I’m in New York City,” he said Sunday on CBS’ “Face The Nation.”
Instead, the ongoing nuclear talks appear to have hit another snag over major differences in how to proceed with the denuclearization process.
