Trump says North Korea meetings 'very positive'
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Privately, there is increasing acknowledgment in the administration that any disarmament will not be immediate but could take years, and will require US concessions along the way – a step-by-step process that some senior White House aides have previously rejected, citing North Korea’s history of reneging on its promises.
North Korea wants ironclad security guarantees and the easing of punitive economic sanctions that the US and the United Nations Security Council have imposed to isolate it diplomatically and strangle its economy.
“What we have to convince them,” the State Department official said, that “their nuclear program has made them less secure, that there’s a better path forward, that we can work with them.”
Pompeo has dangled the possibility of economic aid if North Korea cooperates. In the past, North Korea has also demanded the Pentagon reduce its military presence in South Korea, where about 30,000 US troops are based.
Kim Yong Chol, the most senior North Korean official to come to the United States since 2000, is frequently described as Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man. Pompeo was confirmed as secretary of State last month after 15 months as director of the CIA.
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