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Pompeo speaks with South Korean counterpart after Trump nixes Kim summit
By Max Greenwood - 05/25/18 04:03 PM EDT
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed Washington's commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a phone call with his South Korean counterpart on Friday, the State Department announced.
Pompeo's phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha came a day after President Trump abruptly canceled a planned June 12 meeting in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement that Pompeo and Kang vowed to "create conditions for dialogue with North Korea" and that the U.S. and South Korea would not stop until Pyongyang agreed to abandon its nuclear program.
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http://thehill.com/policy/international/389433-pompeo-speaks-with-south-korean-counterpart-after-trump-cancels-north (http://thehill.com/policy/international/389433-pompeo-speaks-with-south-korean-counterpart-after-trump-cancels-north)