North Korea is reportedly criticizing talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, calling the two days of meetings that ended Saturday “regrettable.”
An unnamed spokesman for the North Korean Foreign Ministry in a statement accused the U.S. of unilaterally pressuring North Korea to denuclearize and “betraying the spirit” of the summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un last month, according to The Associated Press.
The statement said the discussions with Pompeo were “very concerning,” and suggested that the country is no longer as willing to give up its nukes as it had previously been.
Pompeo offered a differing view of the two days of talks, telling reporters that the conversations were “productive,” “in good faith,” and that “a great deal of progress” had been made, according to the AP
He told reporters “we made progress on almost all the central issues,” noted State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Twitter.
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North Korea says meetings with Pompeo were "regrettable": report https://t.co/vVHl3juBAW pic.twitter.com/ghJX9UPFYn
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#DPRK foreign ministry says talks with @SecPompeo “really disappointing” because delegation “came out with such unilateral and robber-like denuclearization demands as CVID, declaration and verification that go against the spirit of the North-U.S. summit meeting.”
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