High-level US-North Korea meeting postponed without reason
Source: CNN
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Friday meeting with a key aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been postponed, the State Department said, a potential setback in the seemingly stalled talks between Washington and Pyongyang.
The State Department announced the decision to reschedule the meeting in the middle of the night as results from the US midterm elections were coming in.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert did not offer an explanation as to why the talks would be postponed, but two diplomatic sources told CNN that the move was clearly a signal that North Korea has not been willing to cooperate with the US's expectations up to this point.
The US has been looking for some sort of concession from Pyongyang -- such as opening sites connected to its nuclear program for inspections -- before going forward with a second summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim, the two sources said.
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