Trump says next meeting with North Korea's Kim being set up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his next meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is happening and officials are in the process of setting it up.
U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office during a White House meeting with U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley after it was reported the president had accepted the Haley's resignation in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Trump, speaking in the Oval Office after announcing the resignation of U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a great meeting with Kim and that three or four locations were being considered for the two leaders’ next summit.
Pompeo on Monday hailed “significant progress” in talks with Kim over the weekend and said the two sides were “pretty close” to agreeing details for a second summit between Trump and Kim to follow their unprecedented June 12 meeting in Singapore.
Pompeo told reporters Kim had said he was ready to allow international inspectors into North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear testing site and the Sohae missile engine test facility as soon as the United States and North Korea agreed on logistics.
However, experts questioned what Pompeo had achieved on Sunday on his fourth visit to Pyongyang this year. They said the North Korean leader appeared simply to be repackaging and dragging out past pledges.
Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Lisa Lambert and Paul Simao
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