Mike Pompeo Briefs South Korea On Tour to North

Washington: The US State Department has said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefed South Korea on his just concluded travel to North Korea. According to a statement issued on Sunday by State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, Pompeo visited Seoul and met the country’s president and foreign minister “to give a readout of his October 7 trip to Pyongyang”.

Pompeo “briefed on his meeting with Chairman Kim, which included his introducing Chairman Kim to Special Representative for North Korea Biegun as his chief negotiator, plans for a second US-North Korea summit, and discussions on achieving the commitments of the June Singapore Summit including the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea as committed to by Chairman Kim and President Trump,” the statement read. (IANS)