Economics
Pompeo Draws Firm Line on North Korea
- Top U.S. diplomat says sanctions stay until Kim denuclearizes
- U.S. ready to offer ‘unique’ security guarantees: Pompeo
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The U.S. plans to keep sanctions in place until North Korea eliminates its nuclear weapons capability yet is prepared to offer “unique” guarantees to ease the regime’s security concerns, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said ahead of a historic summit between the two adversaries.
The top U.S. diplomat emphasized that complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization “is the only outcome that the United States will accept” from North Korea, sending a stern message to Pyongyang before Tuesday’s meeting in Singapore between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un.