April 19, 2024
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As ASEAN forum begins, Pompeo says still “ways to go” on denuclearization

No meeting yet scheduled with DPRK foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho

The U.S. believes there remains “ways to go” before North Korea meets Washington's standards for denuclearization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters ahead of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Friday.

Speaking in Singapore this afternoon, Pompeo insisted that North Korea must live up to the demands of the global community as laid out in various United Nations resolutions, and stressed that “Chairman Kim made a commitment to denuclearize."

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