SOUTH KOREA: Kim wants fast denuclearisation, South’s leader says
North Korea’s leader wants to complete denuclearisation quickly and hold a second summit with Donald Trump soon, South Korea’s president says. President Moon Jae-in, who has ended a landmark trip to the North, said Kim Jong-un also wanted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit again.Mr Pompeo said earlier he was ready to restart […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un greets Chung Eui-yong, head of the presidential National Security Office, in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 6, 2018. The Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. – RC1E423DCE20
North Korea’s leader wants to complete denuclearisation quickly and hold a second summit with Donald Trump soon, South Korea’s president says.
President Moon Jae-in, who has ended a landmark trip to the North, said Kim Jong-un also wanted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit again.Mr Pompeo said earlier he was ready to restart negotiations, stalled since the first Trump-Kim summit in June.
Mr Pompeo said the aim was denuclearising North Korea “by 2021”.
Moon Jae-in arrived back in Seoul on Thursday after a high-profile, three-day visit – the first by a Southern leader to the North’s capital in a decade.
Mr Moon said: “Kim Jong-un expressed his wish that he wanted to complete denuclearisation quickly and focus on economic development.