Thursday, May 24, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: 'North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Ghosted Us'



Daily Mail: Kim GHOSTED us, says Trump's secretary of state after nuclear summit is canceled, revealing U.S. got 'no response' from North Korea about meeting preparations

* U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a Senate panel that North Korea's government disappeared at a crucial point in pre-summit negotiations
* Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump were to meet June 12 in Singapore for nuclear disarmament talks
* The U.S. 'received no response to our inquiries from them,' Pompeo said
* Trump called off the meeting Thursday morning in a letter to Kim
* In the absence of progress, Pompeo said, 'In some ways it's "situation normal." The pressure campaign continues'

The North Korean government completely ignored the Trump administration's efforts to nail down details of a planned June 12 nuclear arms summit in Singapore, effectively disappearing in the middle of pre-meeting protocol negotiations.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had met personally in April with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, sketching out the contours of the face-to-face that President Donald Trump canceled Thursday morning.

In testimony during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Pompeo said there was no chance of 'a successful outcome,' in some part because Kim's team was AWOL when it counted.

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WNU Editor: If the North Koreans did not respond to U.S. requests to meet so that they could set up the logistics for the Singapore .... that just confirms to me that they were not interested in holding the summit in the first place.

More News On U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Remarks That the North Koreans Were No-Shows On Setting Up The Logistics For The Singapore Summit

Pompeo: North Korea wasn't replying to summit preparation efforts -- The Hill
Pompeo: U.S. got 'no response' to recent outreach to North Korea about summit -- Politico
Pompeo says he hopes U.S. can resume talks with North Korea -- Reuters
Mike Pompeo: North Korea talks broke down, but US working to get them 'back on track' -- Washington Examiner

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