Anonymous ID: eaccc1 March 16, 2019, 10:28 p.m. No.5731210   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1412 >>1620 >>1697 >>1705

U.S. expects Pyongyang to live up to moratorium on N-tests

 

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that the United States expects North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to honor his promise to keep his missile launches and nuclear tests on hold, speaking after a top North Korean official suggested the moratorium was under review and could be lifted.

 

Pompeo said Kim told U.S. President Donald Trump several times at last monthโ€™s summit in Vietnam that he would not restart the tests.

 

โ€œSo thatโ€™s Chairman Kimโ€™s word,โ€ he said. โ€œWe have every expectation he will live up to that commitment.โ€

 

Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said earlier Friday in Pyongyang that Kim would soon decide if he wanted to continue talks with the United States about his nuclear program and whether he plans to maintain his moratorium on tests.

 

She also claimed that Pompeo and Trumpโ€™s national security adviser, John Bolton, created an atmosphere of hostility and mistrust at last monthโ€™s nuclear summit in Hanoi. She suggested that while Trump was more willing to talk, Pompeo and Bolton made uncompromising demands of the North Koreans.

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