Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on his way to Pyongyang for talks with the North Korean leadership to decide on the upcoming summit meeting between the U.S. and North Korean leaders, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday morning.
In fact, at this very moment, Secretary Pompeo is on his way to North Korea in preparation for my upcoming meeting with Kim Jong-un, Mr. Trump said at the White House.
Plans are being made, relationships are building, hopefully a deal will happen, and with the help of China, South Korea, and Japan, a future of great prosperity and security can be achieved for everyone, Mr. Trump said.
This is Mr. Pompeo’s second trip to South Korea in less than a month. He went to North Korea on a secret mission last month as CIA director. As a close confidant of Mr. Trump, Mr. Pompeo is playing a key role in U.S. negotiations with North Korea.
Secretary Pompeo is right now going to North Korea. He will be there very shortly, in a matter of probably an hour. He’s got meetings set up. We have our meetings scheduled. We have our meetings set. The location is picked. The time and date and everything is picked and we look forward to have a very great success, Mr. Trump said.
We think relationships are building with North Korea. We’ll see how it all works out. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t but it can be a great thing for North Korea, South Korea, Japan and the entire world. We hope it all works out, said the U.S. president.
He did not give any definitive answer on the release of American prisoners in North Korea.
We’ll all soon be finding out. We’ll soon be finding out. Would be a great thing if they are. We’ll soon be finding out, Mr. Trump said.
