Skip to main content

Pompeo says Kim Jong Un 'serious' about nuclear talks - ABC News

posted onApril 28, 2018
>

Article snippet: President NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium. Just over 24 hours into his new role, it's clear that given his relationship with Trump, his extensive time in Washington, and his views on pressing foreign policy challenges, he will be a different top diplomat from his predecessor. Just weeks before he was confirmed as secretary of state, Pompeo met one-on-one in a secret meeting with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, helping to prepare for Kim's summit with Trump in May or early June. In his first news conference, Pompeo refused to go into great detail about the meeting, but he was asked if after meeting Kim, he thinks he is unstable or if he's serious about talks. "Yes, I did get a sense that he was serious," he said, adding praise for Trump, "The economic pressure that has been put in place by this global effort that President Trump has led him to believe that it's in his best interest to come to the table and talk about denuclearization." The Trump administration helped pass three rounds of sanctions at the United Nations Rex Tillerson and his team, a project that now falls to Pompeo. Pompeo said that pressure will remain until North Korea takes action, cautioning that he's "always careful" given the country's record of duplicity. Trump said Thursday that he will walk away if the talks fail, with the sanctions regime still in place. "But in the event we reach a resolution, it would be a wonderful thing for the world," Pompeo added. Pompeo appeared co... Link to the full article to read more

Emotional score for this article