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US abruptly postpones top-level North Korea talks
US abruptly postpones top-level North Korea talks
Channel NewsAsia
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (Nov 6) abruptly shelved plans to meet a top North Korean official in New York, the latest twist in diplomatic attempts to secure a potentially landmark peace deal...
State Department officials gave no further reasons for the delay to the meeting, although North Korea has stepped up its demands that the United States lift sanctions.
The State Department had just one day earlier confirmed that Pompeo would meet in New York with Kim Yong Chol - one of the North Korean leader's right-hand men - to discuss progress toward a denuclearisation pact and to work to arrange a second summit following historic talks between Trump and Kim in June.
State Department officials gave no further reasons for the delay to the meeting, although North Korea has stepped up its demands that the United States lift sanctions.
The State Department had just one day earlier confirmed that Pompeo would meet in New York with Kim Yong Chol - one of the North Korean leader's right-hand men - to discuss progress toward a denuclearisation pact and to work to arrange a second summit following historic talks between Trump and Kim in June.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/us-abruptly-postpones-top-level-north-korea-talks-10904816
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