The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had accepted an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to travel to the DPRK next month.

North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong Ho delivered the message when he met with Pompeo on Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

“Secretary Pompeo accepted Chairman Kim’s invitation to travel to Pyongyang to make further progress on the implementation of commitments from the U.S. – DPRK Singapore summit, including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in