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Related: About this forumBolton cancels South Korea trip 'to focus on events in Venezuela'
Source: CNN
Bolton cancels South Korea trip 'to focus on events in Venezuela'
By Betsy Klein, Allie Malloy, Ralph Ellis and Caitlin Hu, CNN
Updated 0328 GMT (1128 HKT) February 23, 2019
(CNN) US national security adviser John Bolton has canceled his trip to South Korea next week, even as preparations ramp up for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
"Ambassador Bolton has canceled his travel to the Republic of Korea to focus on events in Venezuela," National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said in a statement. Bolton is still planning to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, with President Trump for the North Korea summit, which starts February 27, he said.
Bolton, who famously flashed reporters a yellow notepad with the scrawled words "5,000 troops to Colombia" during a briefing about Venezuela last month, won't be the only high-ranking US official focusing on the divided, oil-rich country.
Monday, US Vice President Mike Pence is expected to travel to Colombia in an effort to pressure embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down. He plans to meet with the Lima Group, a regional bloc of nations, and deliver remarks to address the "tragic humanitarian and security crises unfolding in Venezuela and ongoing US efforts to deliver aid to the country."
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By Betsy Klein, Allie Malloy, Ralph Ellis and Caitlin Hu, CNN
Updated 0328 GMT (1128 HKT) February 23, 2019
(CNN) US national security adviser John Bolton has canceled his trip to South Korea next week, even as preparations ramp up for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
"Ambassador Bolton has canceled his travel to the Republic of Korea to focus on events in Venezuela," National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said in a statement. Bolton is still planning to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, with President Trump for the North Korea summit, which starts February 27, he said.
Bolton, who famously flashed reporters a yellow notepad with the scrawled words "5,000 troops to Colombia" during a briefing about Venezuela last month, won't be the only high-ranking US official focusing on the divided, oil-rich country.
Monday, US Vice President Mike Pence is expected to travel to Colombia in an effort to pressure embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down. He plans to meet with the Lima Group, a regional bloc of nations, and deliver remarks to address the "tragic humanitarian and security crises unfolding in Venezuela and ongoing US efforts to deliver aid to the country."
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Bolton cancels South Korea trip 'to focus on events in Venezuela' (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2019
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soryang
(3,299 posts)1. That would have been Bolton's first trip to South Korea
Where he would have been less welcome than the measles outbreak.
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)2. What events in Venezuela? Sabre rattling? Fuck him.
dhol82
(9,352 posts)3. Yeah, I see him prepping for an invasion
They have oil, right?