U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured reporters in a joint press conference with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Seoul Thursday that the United States is not considering removing sanctions on North Korea until its nuclear program verifiably ceases to exist. Pompeo made similar remarks Wednesday in Seoul, expressing frustration with reporters who questioned why a joint statement on denuclearization signed by President Donald Trump and dictator Kim Jong-un did not include language that Pompeo had previously stated would be necessary to broker a deal: “complete, verifiable, irreversible” denuclearization.While the Trump administration has been consistent in stating publicly that it would not lift sanctions on the regime before denuclearization was complete, North Korea’s state media have repeatedly stated that Trump said something else in private with Kim. During his joint press briefing with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, Pompeo insisted that Kim Jong-un, following his meeting with Trump Tuesday, understood that no sanctions relief would come until he began dismantling his nuclear program in earnest. Pompeo stated: We believe that Chairman Kim Jong-un understands the urgency of the timing of completing this denuclearization, that he understands that we must do this quickly,… Read full this story
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