Pompeo will make a third trip to Pyongyang this week to meet with Kim - 247 news
Pompeo will make a third trip to Pyongyang this week to meet with Kim - 247 news Secretary,State,Mike,Pompeo,make,trip,Pyongyang,week,meet,Kim Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make a third trip to North Korea this week for talks to with Kim Jong-un about denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.The White House confirmed the trip that was first reported by the Financial Times during a news conference on Monday afternoon. Press secretary Sarah Sanders said that Pompeo would depart the U.S. on July 5.Sanders at the same presser refused to comment on reports that North Korea is expanding, not contracting, its nuclear program, saying the 'conversations are continuing to evolve' between Washington and Pyongyang. Pompeo's trip dovetails with a report making waves on Monday that President Donald Trump's next summit with Kim could take place in New York at the annual gathering of the United Nations.A report in Axios on Monday said that the Trump administration is considering a second sit down with Kim in New York while the international body holds its general assembly.For Trump to meet with Kim in New York on the sidelines of the September event, however, the president would have to see serious movement in the direction of denucleraization, the news outlet reported.A spokesperson for the president's National Security Council wasn't available to comment to DailyMail.com on Monday morning.Sanders told reporters during her news conference later in the day, 'We don't have any announcements or plans to roll out at this point.'She would not say whether the president has decided that he can trust the 33-year-old authoritarian leader who ordered the murder of his uncle and bother to consolidate power. 'Again, we see progress and momentum in the process, and we've had good conversations as recently as yesterday. And we're going to continue those conversations later this week, and push forward,' she said referring to the Pompeo trip. North Korea has a permanent mission in New York City, which served as the location last month for a meeting between America's chief diplomat and Kim's second in command. Trump then hosted a North Korean delegation at the White House for talks, after which he said he would move forward with a planned summit that was on the books but he later cancelled. The president at the time said it was likely to take several in-person conversations with Kim for the U.S. to get a nuclear agreement. He acknowledged at a press conference that he could even host Kim at the White House. 'Certainly if it goes well, and I think it would be well received, I think he would look at it very favorably, so I think that could happen,' he said. His admission came amid reports that he could treat Kim to a golf weekend at Mar-a-Lago.'Maybe we’ll start with the White House. What do you think?' the president instead said. . A joint communique that Trump and Kim signed said that North Korea would completely denuclearize without offering a timeline or any or logistical information. In an interview with Fox Business that aired over the weekend, Trump remained optimistic.'This has be
