Pompeo says he hopes U.S. can resume talks with North Korea
Source: Reuters
MAY 24, 2018 / 11:04 AM / UPDATED 15 MINUTES AGO
Lesley Wroughton, Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday he hoped Pyongyang and Washington will be able to resume talks on dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear program but the decision was ultimately up to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“I hope we quickly are able to get back to that place, but ultimately Chairman Kim will have that decision to make for himself,” Pompeo told a Senate committee in his first comments shortly after President Donald Trump canceled a historic summit with Kim that had been scheduled for June 12 in Singapore.
Trump announced his abrupt withdrawal from the summit in a letter to Kim on Thursday and called it a “missed opportunity.”
Pompeo read the letter aloud at the start of testimony to the committee, saying it was a disappointing development although “frankly not a surprise.” Pompeo said Trump had made the decision himself to withdraw after meetings on Wednesday in which he concluded that the summit would not be successful.
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to the North Koreans, there's a good chance they won't be inclined to negotiate *anything* with the US ..for quite some time. Trump even utilized the term "North Korea" (twice) in this letter- which is major faux pas with the North Koreans. They will only recognize the shorthand term "DPRK" - and nothing else.
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