폼페이오 "어려운 도전…경제적 압박 통한 北 비핵화 기회 확신"

Talks between the U.S. and North Korea have stalled for a while now.
Comments by America's top diplomat suggest... Washington is willing to let it stay that way until the conditions are right to make substantial progress.
Kim Hyo-sun has the updates.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has commented on a possible third North Korea-U.S. summit,... explaining it will be held when necessary conditions are created to make a big step forward.
Speaking with the American political newspaper, The Hill,... for its News Maker Series,... Pompeo said he couldn't specify the timing of a third meeting.
However, he reaffirmed that Washington hopes to create the conditions so that if President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un get together,... they can make substantial progress.
Pompeo also said progress was made in Hanoi, where the talks between the two leaders ended prematurely with no agreement.
He explained that the two sides came to a deeper understanding of their respective range of freedom.... as well as the paths to take going forward.
While explaining that resolving the North's nuclear issue is a difficult challenge,... Pompeo stressed that continued economic pressure on the regime would eventually bring another opportunity to unlock and get North Korea to denuclearize.
Stressing that Washington works closely with other countries, including Russia, China, Japan and South Korea,... Pompeo said the U.S. is making efforts to build a coalition to continue with the sanctions and try to resolve the North's nuclear issue.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.