Pompeo to meet North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator in Washington

Source: ABC News


By CONOR FINNEGAN Jan 18, 2019, 8:54 AM ET

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator in Washington on Friday as the administration pushes ahead with plans for a second summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un.

The meetings come amid a stalemate in nuclear talks, with North Korea demanding the U.S. first ease sanctions and the U.S. saying there will be no relief until North Korea takes steps to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.

Kim Yong Chol, a top aide to Kim Jong Un and the regime's former spy chief, arrived in Washington late Thursday night, staying at a hotel just blocks north of the White House.

Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol have met several times before, including in New York last May just before Trump and Kim Jong Un met in Singapore. In that meeting, Pompeo and his counterpart hashed out

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