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No time line on negotiations for North Korea’s denuclearisation: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he will not put a time line on negotiations for North Korea’s denuclearisation.

Speaking to CNN in a telephonic interview, Pompeo said he wanted to see continued progress towards North Korean denuclearisation and that the administration would regularly assess Pyongyang’s seriousness about abandoning its nuclear program.

Pompeo, who has been charged with leading negotiations aimed at persuading North Korea to give up a nuclear weapons program said US is committed to moving forward in an expeditious moment to see if it can achieve what both President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set out to do.

Earlier at a summit held in Singapore on 12th of this month with US President Donald Trump,North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to work toward denuclearisation in exchange for US security guarantees.

Source: AIR