SEOUL: US ecretary of state Mike Pompeo stated on Monday North Korean chief Kim Jong-un was once ready to permit international inspectors into the North's nuclear and missile trying out sites, some of the main sticking issues over an earlier denuclearisation pledge.
Pompeo, who met Kim all over a short go back and forth to Pyongyang on Sunday, stated the inspectors would seek advice from a missile engine check facility and the Punggye-ri nuclear trying out site as soon as the two facets agree on logistics.
"There's a lot of logistics that will be required to execute that," Pompeo informed a news briefing in Seoul earlier than leaving for Beijing.
The top US diplomat additionally stated all sides were "pretty close" to agreement on the main points of a 2nd summit, which Kim proposed to US President Donald Trump in a letter last month.
Trump and Kim held an historic first summit in Singapore in June.
Pompeo's go back and forth to Pyongyang, his fourth this 12 months, followed a stalemate as North Korea resisted Washington's demands for irreversible steps to give up its nuclear arsenal, including a whole inventory of its guns and amenities.
He informed South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday his latest go back and forth to Pyongyang was once "another step forward" to denuclearisation but there are "many steps along the way".
In a extra upbeat be aware, Pyongyang's state media stated on Monday Kim lauded his talks with Pompeo.
"Kim Jong-un expressed satisfaction over the productive and wonderful talks with Mike Pompeo at which mutual stands were fully understood and opinions exchanged," North Korean news agency KCNA stated.
It stated the two facets agreed to carry operating negotiations for the second North Korean-US summit as early as imaginable.
SMILES, HANDSHAKES
Commenting on Pompeo's assembly with Kim, South Korean President Moon Jae-in stated on Monday Kim was once anticipated to seek advice from Russia quickly. He stated Chinese chief Xi Jinping was once additionally anticipated to commute to North Korea but did not elaborate additional.
North Korea's state newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, featured 8 footage of the assembly on its front web page, including photographs of Kim and Pompeo smiling and shaking fingers, in addition to some with Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong.
"Together with Mike Pompeo, Kim Jong Un appreciated the positively developing situation on the Korean peninsula, explained in detail the proposals for solving the denuclearisation issue and matters of concern of both sides and exchanged constructive opinions," KCNA stated.
North Korea denounced Pompeo on his earlier go back and forth to Pyongyang in July for making "gangster-like demands". Pompeo did not meet Kim on that go back and forth.
Kim stated he believed the dialogue between the two countries would proceed to expand favourably, "based on the deep confidence between the two leaders of the two countries", and expressed gratitude to Trump for creating a honest effort to enforce the agreement made at their June summit, KCNA stated.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert stated in a statement Kim had invited inspectors to seek advice from the Punggye-ri nuclear check site to confirm it have been irreversibly dismantled. The statement did not provide additional details.
KCNA did not mention that issue.
Pompeo, who met Kim all over a short go back and forth to Pyongyang on Sunday, stated the inspectors would seek advice from a missile engine check facility and the Punggye-ri nuclear trying out site as soon as the two facets agree on logistics.
"There's a lot of logistics that will be required to execute that," Pompeo informed a news briefing in Seoul earlier than leaving for Beijing.
The top US diplomat additionally stated all sides were "pretty close" to agreement on the main points of a 2nd summit, which Kim proposed to US President Donald Trump in a letter last month.
Trump and Kim held an historic first summit in Singapore in June.
Pompeo's go back and forth to Pyongyang, his fourth this 12 months, followed a stalemate as North Korea resisted Washington's demands for irreversible steps to give up its nuclear arsenal, including a whole inventory of its guns and amenities.
He informed South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday his latest go back and forth to Pyongyang was once "another step forward" to denuclearisation but there are "many steps along the way".
In a extra upbeat be aware, Pyongyang's state media stated on Monday Kim lauded his talks with Pompeo.
"Kim Jong-un expressed satisfaction over the productive and wonderful talks with Mike Pompeo at which mutual stands were fully understood and opinions exchanged," North Korean news agency KCNA stated.
It stated the two facets agreed to carry operating negotiations for the second North Korean-US summit as early as imaginable.
SMILES, HANDSHAKES
Commenting on Pompeo's assembly with Kim, South Korean President Moon Jae-in stated on Monday Kim was once anticipated to seek advice from Russia quickly. He stated Chinese chief Xi Jinping was once additionally anticipated to commute to North Korea but did not elaborate additional.
North Korea's state newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, featured 8 footage of the assembly on its front web page, including photographs of Kim and Pompeo smiling and shaking fingers, in addition to some with Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong.
"Together with Mike Pompeo, Kim Jong Un appreciated the positively developing situation on the Korean peninsula, explained in detail the proposals for solving the denuclearisation issue and matters of concern of both sides and exchanged constructive opinions," KCNA stated.
North Korea denounced Pompeo on his earlier go back and forth to Pyongyang in July for making "gangster-like demands". Pompeo did not meet Kim on that go back and forth.
Kim stated he believed the dialogue between the two countries would proceed to expand favourably, "based on the deep confidence between the two leaders of the two countries", and expressed gratitude to Trump for creating a honest effort to enforce the agreement made at their June summit, KCNA stated.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert stated in a statement Kim had invited inspectors to seek advice from the Punggye-ri nuclear check site to confirm it have been irreversibly dismantled. The statement did not provide additional details.
KCNA did not mention that issue.
Pompeo says N Korea ready to let inspectors into missile, nuclear sites
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