SEOUL: Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump once imaginable, Seoul mentioned Sunday, after Washington's best diplomat held "productive" talks on denuclearisation with the North Korean chief in Pyongyang.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Kim on Sunday morning for around two hours of talks adopted through a lunch within the North's capital, prior to flying to Seoul on a whirlwind diplomatic visit to the region.
Pompeo mentioned "he agreed with Chairman Kim to hold the second US-North Korea summit at the earliest date possible", South Korea's presidential office mentioned in a remark, even though no specific time or location has yet been agreed.
Pompeo and Kim additionally mentioned "denuclearisation steps that will be taken by North Korea and the issue of attendance by the US government," in addition to "corresponding measures" to be taken through the United States, the remark mentioned.
The visit was once Pompeo's fourth to North Korea.
Trump met Kim in Singapore in June for the first-ever summit between the two nations, leading to what critics say was once only a obscure dedication through Kim towards denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
Kim "expressed his gratitude to President Trump for making sincere effort" to implement the Singapore agreement, consistent with a report at the Pompeo visit through North Korea's state news company KCNA.
"Kim Jong Un appreciated the positively developing situation on the Korean peninsula... (and) explained in detail the proposals for solving the denuclearization issue," KCNA mentioned.
The North Korean chief additionally invited inspectors to visit the Punggye-ri nuclear test facility, which Pyongyang took aside in May, "to confirm that it has been irreversibly dismantled", the State Department mentioned.
Kim praised their "nice meeting", telling Pompeo by way of an interpreter following the morning's talks that it was once "a very nice day that promises a good future... for both countries".
But for the reason that Singapore summit, the road towards hotter ties has been bumpy.
Washington and Pyongyang have sparred over the exact terms of the vaguely-worded agreement in Singapore, with the United States pushing to take care of sanctions and pressure against the North until its "final, fully verified denuclearisation".
Last month, the North's foreign minister informed the United Nations there was once "no way" his nation would disarm first so long as tough US sanctions remain against his nation.
After a previous visit to Pyongyang in July, Pompeo had mentioned the two foes made development on key issues -- but inside of hours of his departure the North condemned "gangster-like" demands from the United States, raising questions over how much the two aspects in point of fact noticed eye to eye.
Another deliberate commute through Pompeo to Pyongyang was once scrapped after what Trump mentioned was once inadequate development towards enforcing the terms of the Singapore declaration.
An official on Sunday's latest visit to Pyongyang with Pompeo mentioned the commute was once "better than the last time", but added: "It's going to be a long haul."
Following his arrival in Seoul from Pyongyang on Sunday, Pompeo mentioned at a gathering with South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he had "a good productive conversation" with Kim, in talks which represented "another step forward".
The dovish Moon, who held 3 summits with Kim this yr and also brokered the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, mentioned Sunday the "whole world" was once observing with prepared passion the outcomes of Pompeo's commute.
"I hope your trip to North Korea and the upcoming second US-North Korea summit will provide a good opportunity for achieving irreversible, decisive progress in terms of denuclearisation and the peace process on the Korean peninsula."
Analysts say Washington might now imagine new choices as China, Russia and South Korea search to loosen up sanctions.
"North Korea took some steps towards denuclearisation and the US will face criticism from the international community if it continues to demand complete denuclearisation without any lifting of sanctions," mentioned Yang Moo-jin, a professor on the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul.
"We can't rule out the possibility that Washington... may move in the direction of partial easing of sanctions based on progress in denuclearisation," he mentioned.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has given a touch of what a grand cut price between the two nations may just look like.
In an interview with the Washington Post, she mentioned the North may just comply with dismantle Yongbyon, its signature nuclear site.
In exchange, the United States would declare a proper finish to the 1950-53 Korean War -- which concluded with an armistice relatively than a peace treaty -- but North Korea would stop in need of turning in an exhaustive list of its nuclear facilities, she mentioned.
After Seoul, Pompeo ends his commute Monday in China, North Korea's political and economic lifeline.
The Beijing stop may well be tense because it comes days after Vice President Mike Pence delivered a blistering speech accusing China of army aggression, business theft, emerging human rights violations and electoral intervention against Trump.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Kim on Sunday morning for around two hours of talks adopted through a lunch within the North's capital, prior to flying to Seoul on a whirlwind diplomatic visit to the region.
Pompeo mentioned "he agreed with Chairman Kim to hold the second US-North Korea summit at the earliest date possible", South Korea's presidential office mentioned in a remark, even though no specific time or location has yet been agreed.
Pompeo and Kim additionally mentioned "denuclearisation steps that will be taken by North Korea and the issue of attendance by the US government," in addition to "corresponding measures" to be taken through the United States, the remark mentioned.
The visit was once Pompeo's fourth to North Korea.
Trump met Kim in Singapore in June for the first-ever summit between the two nations, leading to what critics say was once only a obscure dedication through Kim towards denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
Kim "expressed his gratitude to President Trump for making sincere effort" to implement the Singapore agreement, consistent with a report at the Pompeo visit through North Korea's state news company KCNA.
"Kim Jong Un appreciated the positively developing situation on the Korean peninsula... (and) explained in detail the proposals for solving the denuclearization issue," KCNA mentioned.
The North Korean chief additionally invited inspectors to visit the Punggye-ri nuclear test facility, which Pyongyang took aside in May, "to confirm that it has been irreversibly dismantled", the State Department mentioned.
Kim praised their "nice meeting", telling Pompeo by way of an interpreter following the morning's talks that it was once "a very nice day that promises a good future... for both countries".
But for the reason that Singapore summit, the road towards hotter ties has been bumpy.
Washington and Pyongyang have sparred over the exact terms of the vaguely-worded agreement in Singapore, with the United States pushing to take care of sanctions and pressure against the North until its "final, fully verified denuclearisation".
Last month, the North's foreign minister informed the United Nations there was once "no way" his nation would disarm first so long as tough US sanctions remain against his nation.
After a previous visit to Pyongyang in July, Pompeo had mentioned the two foes made development on key issues -- but inside of hours of his departure the North condemned "gangster-like" demands from the United States, raising questions over how much the two aspects in point of fact noticed eye to eye.
Another deliberate commute through Pompeo to Pyongyang was once scrapped after what Trump mentioned was once inadequate development towards enforcing the terms of the Singapore declaration.
An official on Sunday's latest visit to Pyongyang with Pompeo mentioned the commute was once "better than the last time", but added: "It's going to be a long haul."
Following his arrival in Seoul from Pyongyang on Sunday, Pompeo mentioned at a gathering with South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he had "a good productive conversation" with Kim, in talks which represented "another step forward".
The dovish Moon, who held 3 summits with Kim this yr and also brokered the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, mentioned Sunday the "whole world" was once observing with prepared passion the outcomes of Pompeo's commute.
"I hope your trip to North Korea and the upcoming second US-North Korea summit will provide a good opportunity for achieving irreversible, decisive progress in terms of denuclearisation and the peace process on the Korean peninsula."
Analysts say Washington might now imagine new choices as China, Russia and South Korea search to loosen up sanctions.
"North Korea took some steps towards denuclearisation and the US will face criticism from the international community if it continues to demand complete denuclearisation without any lifting of sanctions," mentioned Yang Moo-jin, a professor on the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul.
"We can't rule out the possibility that Washington... may move in the direction of partial easing of sanctions based on progress in denuclearisation," he mentioned.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has given a touch of what a grand cut price between the two nations may just look like.
In an interview with the Washington Post, she mentioned the North may just comply with dismantle Yongbyon, its signature nuclear site.
In exchange, the United States would declare a proper finish to the 1950-53 Korean War -- which concluded with an armistice relatively than a peace treaty -- but North Korea would stop in need of turning in an exhaustive list of its nuclear facilities, she mentioned.
After Seoul, Pompeo ends his commute Monday in China, North Korea's political and economic lifeline.
The Beijing stop may well be tense because it comes days after Vice President Mike Pence delivered a blistering speech accusing China of army aggression, business theft, emerging human rights violations and electoral intervention against Trump.
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