Pompeo meets N. Korea's Kim Yong-chol, reaffirms commitment to setting peace on Peninsula
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For the second time in a matter of weeks, the U.S. Secretary of State is in North Korea.
With officials there, he's likely to hammer out details in preparing for the upcoming Washington-Pyongyang summit.
Mike Pompeo's previous visit to the regime was veiled in secrecy, but this trip was announced by President Trump.
Oh Jung-hee has the highlights from the ex-CIA chief's meeting with his North Korean counterpart.
Setting the past aside,... North Korea and the United States promised to make joint efforts to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Landing in Pyongyang on Wednesday local time, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with North Korea's Kim Yong-chol.
Kim Yong-chol is a close political aide to Kim Jong-un... and was Pompeo's direct counterpart... for talks on the North Korea-U.S. summit... when Pompeo was head of the CIA.
Kim first told Pompeo that Pyongyang has high expectations that the U.S. will play a big role in establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo responded... that the American side is also committed to achieving exactly that.
He also expressed hope that the two could work together to solve the conflict, despite having been enemies for decades.
The news of Pompeo's departure for North Korea was abruptly announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday during his announcement on the Iran nuclear deal.
His remarks pointed to the possibility... that the date and location of the North Korea-U.S. summit could be announced quite soon.
"We have our meeting scheduled. We have our meeting set. The location is picked. The time and date, everything is picked. And we look forward to have a great success. We think relationships are building with North Korea."
Some key agendas for the Kim-Trump summit are also expected to be nailed down,... as Pompeo has told reporters this visit aims to set a concrete framework.
Hopes are high that the three Americans detained in North Korea could return to the U.S. with Pompeo... especially because, unlike the previous visit a month ago, Pompeo's visit this time involves a couple of American reporters -- raising the prospect that the Trump administration might want to create a dramatic scene.
Pompeo has said he had not yet received a commitment from the regime that it will release the detainees.
But he added he will bring up the issue,... saying he hopes Pyongyang will (quote) "do the right thing."
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
With officials there, he's likely to hammer out details in preparing for the upcoming Washington-Pyongyang summit.
Mike Pompeo's previous visit to the regime was veiled in secrecy, but this trip was announced by President Trump.
Oh Jung-hee has the highlights from the ex-CIA chief's meeting with his North Korean counterpart.
Setting the past aside,... North Korea and the United States promised to make joint efforts to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Landing in Pyongyang on Wednesday local time, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with North Korea's Kim Yong-chol.
Kim Yong-chol is a close political aide to Kim Jong-un... and was Pompeo's direct counterpart... for talks on the North Korea-U.S. summit... when Pompeo was head of the CIA.
Kim first told Pompeo that Pyongyang has high expectations that the U.S. will play a big role in establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo responded... that the American side is also committed to achieving exactly that.
He also expressed hope that the two could work together to solve the conflict, despite having been enemies for decades.
The news of Pompeo's departure for North Korea was abruptly announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday during his announcement on the Iran nuclear deal.
His remarks pointed to the possibility... that the date and location of the North Korea-U.S. summit could be announced quite soon.
"We have our meeting scheduled. We have our meeting set. The location is picked. The time and date, everything is picked. And we look forward to have a great success. We think relationships are building with North Korea."
Some key agendas for the Kim-Trump summit are also expected to be nailed down,... as Pompeo has told reporters this visit aims to set a concrete framework.
Hopes are high that the three Americans detained in North Korea could return to the U.S. with Pompeo... especially because, unlike the previous visit a month ago, Pompeo's visit this time involves a couple of American reporters -- raising the prospect that the Trump administration might want to create a dramatic scene.
Pompeo has said he had not yet received a commitment from the regime that it will release the detainees.
But he added he will bring up the issue,... saying he hopes Pyongyang will (quote) "do the right thing."
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.