U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he expects North Korea to be ready to "fill in some details" of the commitments on denuclearization made by Kim Jong Un at his historic summit with President Donald Trump last month. Pompeo arrived for a refueling stop at
U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he expects North Korea to be ready to « fill in some details » of the commitments on denuclearization made by Kim Jong Un at his historic summit with President Donald Trump last month.
Pompeo arrived for a refueling stop at Yokota Air Base in Japan on his way to Pyongyang for the third time since April and the first since the June 12 summit.
His mission is to translate the upbeat rhetoric following the first meeting between leaders of the U. S. and North Korea into concrete action that will eliminate the threat posed by Kim’s nuclear arsenal.
« Our leaders made commitments at the Singapore summit on the complete denuclearization of North Korea and outlined what a transformed US-DPRK relationship could look like, » he said, according to comments relayed to reporters on his plane by spokeswoman Heather Nauert. DPRK is the abbreviation of the authoritarian nation’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
« Since the summit the consultations have continued. On this trip I’m seeking to fill in some details on these commitments and continue the momentum towards implementation of what the two leaders promised each other and the world. I expect that the DPRK is ready to do the same, » Pompeo said.
Over the past quarter-century, North Korea has frustrated or outfoxed U. S. administrations that have attempted to stop and reverse its weapons development through diplomacy and sanctions.
