Trump administration hopes North Korea will take the path of Vietnam and build ties with the U.S.
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Washington's top diplomat is now in Vietnam for the third leg of his around the world trip,... and there he envisioned a path to prosperity for North Korea.
Meanwhile, experts and the U.S. media expressed disappointment at the results of Pompeo's third and the most recent visit to the reclusive regime.
Lee Ji-won has more.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hopes the United States could one day share the same level of partnership with North Korea as it does with Vietnam, a socialist state that had been a long-time adversary of the U.S.
Speaking to business executives in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Sunday, Pompeo emphasized how the Vietnam's new engagement with the U.S. was key to its rapid growth over the past few decades and that this too, could be North Korea's future.
"In light of the once unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with Vietnam today, I have a message for Chairman Kim Jong-un. President Trump believes your country can replicate this path. It's yours if you'll seize the moment. The miracle can be yours, it can be your miracle in North Korea as well."
This comes just days after Secretary Pompeo held the first follow-up talks with North Korean officials after the summit between the leaders of the two sides in Singapore last month.
While Pompeo said that there was progress in almost every aspect of their discussions, many in the U.S. media are skeptical of this.
The New York times called the Secretary's visit his "least productive" one so far.
Many experts have also agreed that there hasn't been much significant progress made in the talks, considering how Pompeo sought to set agreements on 'final, fully verified denuclearization' and verification with the North.
"There were no specific agreements made on the goals Pompeo had set for his third trip to the North. Furthermore, North Korea's attitude towards the U.S. also suggests that the talks had a disappointing outcome. Pompeo had met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in his two previous visits,... but not this time."
In fact, though Pompeo said that he had not anticipated meeting with Kim Jong-un,... in the joint-press briefing with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts on Sunday, ABC News' Tara Palmeri, who traveled with Pompeo, tweeted that White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Pompeo will be meeting with the leader and his team.
But other experts were not too pessimistic about the outcome of the talks. They said that although North Korea did criticize United States' unilateral demands for denuclearization,... its "good faith in President Trump" shows how they still hope to continue the talks.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
Meanwhile, experts and the U.S. media expressed disappointment at the results of Pompeo's third and the most recent visit to the reclusive regime.
Lee Ji-won has more.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hopes the United States could one day share the same level of partnership with North Korea as it does with Vietnam, a socialist state that had been a long-time adversary of the U.S.
Speaking to business executives in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Sunday, Pompeo emphasized how the Vietnam's new engagement with the U.S. was key to its rapid growth over the past few decades and that this too, could be North Korea's future.
"In light of the once unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with Vietnam today, I have a message for Chairman Kim Jong-un. President Trump believes your country can replicate this path. It's yours if you'll seize the moment. The miracle can be yours, it can be your miracle in North Korea as well."
This comes just days after Secretary Pompeo held the first follow-up talks with North Korean officials after the summit between the leaders of the two sides in Singapore last month.
While Pompeo said that there was progress in almost every aspect of their discussions, many in the U.S. media are skeptical of this.
The New York times called the Secretary's visit his "least productive" one so far.
Many experts have also agreed that there hasn't been much significant progress made in the talks, considering how Pompeo sought to set agreements on 'final, fully verified denuclearization' and verification with the North.
"There were no specific agreements made on the goals Pompeo had set for his third trip to the North. Furthermore, North Korea's attitude towards the U.S. also suggests that the talks had a disappointing outcome. Pompeo had met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in his two previous visits,... but not this time."
In fact, though Pompeo said that he had not anticipated meeting with Kim Jong-un,... in the joint-press briefing with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts on Sunday, ABC News' Tara Palmeri, who traveled with Pompeo, tweeted that White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Pompeo will be meeting with the leader and his team.
But other experts were not too pessimistic about the outcome of the talks. They said that although North Korea did criticize United States' unilateral demands for denuclearization,... its "good faith in President Trump" shows how they still hope to continue the talks.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.