Pompeo: No Economic Relief Until ‘Complete Denuclearization’ of North Korea Has Been Achieved

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Pompeo: No Economic Relief Until ‘Complete Denuclearization’ of North Korea Has Been Achieved

(CNSNews.com) – As President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un continues to draw flak, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday declared unequivocally that, unlike past agreements with Pyongyang, the one being pursued by the Trump administration will not provide economic benefits until the “complete denuclearization” of North Korea has been achieved.

Speaking in Seoul alongside his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, Pompeo said Trump had made that clear directly to Kim Jong Un during their talks in Singapore on Tuesday.

“When we refer to ‘the mistakes of the past,’ they were providing economic and financial relief before the complete denuclearization had taken place,” he said. “That is not going to happen.”

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