Pompeo says won't put timeline on North Korea denuclearization steps: CNN

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




JUNE 25, 2018 / 4:53 PM / UPDATED 31 MINUTES AGO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he will not put a timeline on negotiations for North Korea’s denuclearization, contradicting a senior defense official who said Washington would soon present a timeline to North Korea with “specific asks.”

Speaking to CNN in a telephone interview conducted on Sunday and reported by the network on Monday, Pompeo said he wanted to see continued progress toward North Korean denuclearization and that the administration would regularly assess Pyongyang’s seriousness about abandoning its nuclear program.

“I am not going to put a timeline on it, whether that’s two months, six months, we are committed to moving forward in an expeditious moment to see if we can achieve what both leaders set out to do,” Pompeo told CNN, referring to a June 12 summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Pompeo, who has been charged with leading negotiations aimed at persuading North Korea to give up a nuclear weapons program that threatens the United States, said he would “constantly reassess” whether enough progress was being made to continue talks.


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[BumRushDaShow]

1. Of course not.

They are making it up as they go along.

[Cosmocat]

2. And, the Iran Agreement

AN ACTUAL GD enforced treaty, was the WORST DEAL EVER! according to the walking dead base.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. And it took 4 years of multi-party talks to get that agreement!

[notdarkyet]

4. Because it's never going to happen.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. It might happen but that will be thanks to South Korea and the EU, NOT the U.S.

[olegramps]

13. If you trust this man, you probably think Kim Jong Un will be canonized by the Catholic Church.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. And that the Pope will be excommunicated from his own church!

[murielm99]

5. Uh huh.

[Nitram]

6. Sounds like a good decision. Putting off the inevitable anger and humiliation when

North Korea laughs in their face and launches another missile over Japan.

[0rganism]

7. the very idea of accountability or verification is as alien to this administration as truth itself

[Sophia4]

8. It is all just theater.

[Maxheader]

9. While 10 hut crab walks the issue

i'll kimmy...n. koreas leader is learning from iran...on
how to hide....'stuff'

[Demonaut]

11. what's the half-life of plutonium?

[Takket]

12. Kim got the drills to stop. We haven't gotten shit except

A line that the denuclearization “check is in the mail. We swear!”

[Orsino]

15. Pompeo can't even name the steps.

There are no steps yet.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Anybody Here Surprised?

This place was rife with folks who knew when the dog and pony show was over that all we had was a piece of paper that promised to someday talk about doing something, maybe.

Of course, there's no timeline. How does one put a timeline on NEVER?