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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today that North Korea "reaffirmed its commitment to denuclearization" during its recent visit to the country , and understands that verification is a necessary step Pompeo said the talks on Thursday and Friday were "very productive," developed with "good faith" and will continue in the coming weeks adding that Pyongyang has accepted the destruction of missile facilities "to make the world safer."
The head of the American diplomacy made these comments at a press conference in Tokyo with his Japanese counterparts, Taro Koko, and South Korean Kang Kyung-wha, who also claimed that the sanctions that weigh on the communist country will remain in force until its total denuclearization.
"The mere advance of the process (toward disarmament) is not enough to lift the sanctions," he said. Pompeo, who risked the outstanding road "will be difficult and a challenge."
The US Secretary of State downplayed critics of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, which described Washington's attitude as "regrettable". Negotiations in a statement, released Saturday after his departure in Tokyo, described the results of the meeting as "disturbing."
Pompeo said that in his meetings with General Kim Yong-chol, weight figure of the North Korean news and keys to how the US President Donald Trump and the North American leader Korean Kim Jong-un discussed the meaning of "complete denuclearization", and Pyongyang was sympathetic and understands that " denuclearization can not be completed without verification."
The Secretary of State also reaffirmed the United States' commitment with the defense of his allies, such as South Korea and Japan, and said that this trilateral meeting, the third held in less than a month, served to "strengthen" the cooperation "to achieve implementation of the summit agreements" of June.
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