Trump administration working diligently to achieve denuclearisation in N Korea: Pompeo

The Trump administration is working diligently to achieve its goal of denuclearisation in North Korea, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.

Pompeo, the point person of Trump administration's North Korea policy, said the US has not given any concession to North Korea.

Everybody's got their own idea of what a concession might be. Some thought it was a concession for President Trump to go to Singapore. I certainly didn't think so, he told Fox News.

President Trump doesn't. But what we've made clear is the economic sanctions, the driving force to achieve the outcome we're looking for, will not be released and the UN Security Council will not reduce those sanctions until such time as we have achieved that final denuclearisation, he said.

 

"The administration position has not changed one jot from the time we entered this discussion. We are working diligently to achieve many of the outcomes that you describe. We have had extended conversations about this, Pompeo said.

I don't want to get into the details of the negotiations that are underway, but we've talked about particular facilities, particular weapon systems. Those conversations are underway, and we are hopeful that we can deliver this outcome for the world, he said.

The Trump administration, he said, has achieved a lot on North Korea.

"We have now achieved the ceasing of missile testing, the ceasing of nuclear testing, we have gotten the remains of 55 Americans, we're in deep discussions about how to proceed with respect to denuclearisation, he said.

The South Korean President travelled to Pyongyang for the third time last week and made progress," he said.

"We're continuing to make progress. These are all the right steps forward. It's the right path, he said.

We've made clear to the world that the economic sanctions, the pressure that has caused Chairman Kim to come as far as he has come to date, will remain in effect until denuclearisation occurs. So we're hard at it.

"President Trump has given me the task to use our entire diplomatic team to achieve the outcome that the world has demanded through UN Security Council resolutions. We'll talk a lot about that in the week ahead in New York, Pompeo said.