US, DPRK agree to hold 2nd summit
Monday, 08/10/2018 16:19 (GMT+7)
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the US have agreed to hold the second summit “as soon as possible”, according to a statement by Republic of Korea (RoK)’s presidential office.
US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AFP/VNA)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the remarks during his meeting with RoK President Moon Jae-in at the presidential complex in Seoul, after visiting Pyongyang earlier in the day and meeting with the DPRK leader.
Prior to meeting with President Moon, Mike Pompeo tweeted that he "had a good trip to #Pyongyang to meet with Chairman Kim."
"We continue to make progress on agreements made at Singapore Summit," the tweet continued, referring to the face-to-face talks in June between leader Kim and President Donald Trump, which ended with an agreement to work toward the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on October 7th travelled to Pyongyang to meet with DPRK leader Kim Jong-un to work out the details of a second summit
During his visit, Pompeo made further progress on the implementation of the commitments from the US - DPRK summit in Singapore, including the final, fully verified denuclearization of DPRK./.
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