The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed his optimism on Wednesday over his planned trip to Pyongyang this coming weekend which he believes could bring more progress on the thwarted US-North Korea nuclear weapons talk as well as give more light on the second summit between President Donald Trump and NoKor's Kim Jong-un.
During a press briefing made at the State Department office on Wednesday, the US Secretary said that he's glad for the opportunity to return to Pyongyang which he sees as yet another chance for him to pave the way for the advancement on the commitment forged between Trump and Kim during the Singapore summit, according to Reuters.
In June of this year, the two leaders met for the first time to discuss the plan that would make Korean Peninsula free from threats of nuclear weapons. One of the immediate steps recognized would be for North Korea to disassemble its nuclear facilities and stop altogether its program to develop such weapon.
The once warm talks soon turned lukewarm as the bilateral strategy failed to establish a set of actionable steps that should be taken by each of the concerned parties.
Moreover, there are issues concerning the demand from North Korea for the United States to first lift the sanctions set on the country before it will go all-out on its denuclearization process.
As previously reported in Business Times, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Yo, spoke during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York. He reiterated the importance of trust shared between these two countries for this commitment to moving forward.
According to Ri, Pyongyang had already shown its willingness to make true of its promise by opting to stop its nuclear missile tests as well as dismantle the test sites. It has also assured the Western powerhouse that it will no longer expand on its nuclear program.
Washington's decision to remain the sanctions on North Korea is a blatant statement that Trump is still wary that the Hermit Kingdom will bail out on the agreement.
For Pompeo, he remains optimistic that the two parties will come to better understandings of things and that there would be deeper progress to make the plan go forward both on the Trump-Kim summit and the denuclearization issue as well.
Moreover, the Secretary of State predicted that there would be a major disarmament in the side of North Korea before Trump's term ends in January 2021.
