Pompeo: North Korea will set denuclearization timeline

Published August 4, 2018 2:33am ET



Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will ultimately determine the timeline for denuclearization of his country.

Speaking to Channel NewsAsia in Singapore on Friday, Pompeo said the “world should be less nervous” than before President Trump’s June summit with Kim in Singapore because “we were in a very different place with frequent missile launches and nuclear testing taking place.”

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