Press Releases: Secretary Pompeo’s Meetings in Seoul, Republic of Korea


Readout

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

October 7, 2018


The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:‎

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visited Seoul October 7-8 and met with President Moon and Foreign Minister Kang to give a readout of his October 7 trip to Pyongyang. Secretary Pompeo briefed on his meeting with Chairman Kim, which included his introducing Chairman Kim to Special Representative for North Korea Biegun as his chief negotiator, plans for a second U.S.-DPRK summit, and discussions on achieving the commitments of the June Singapore Summit including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK as committed to by Chairman Kim and President Trump.

Secretary Pompeo and Foreign Minister Kang also re-affirmed their commitment to the U.S.-ROK Alliance and continued close coordination with Japan on a unified response to the DPRK.






Press Releases: Secretary Pompeo’s Meetings in Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea


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Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

October 7, 2018


The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:‎

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo held productive discussions with Chairman Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang Sunday. They discussed the four elements contained in the U.S.-DPRK Singapore Summit Joint Statement signed by President Trump and Chairman Kim. They also discussed the upcoming second summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim and refined options for the location and date of that next summit.

Secretary Pompeo was joined by Special Representative Stephen E. Biegun and Chairman Kim was joined by Kim Yo-jong, First Vice Director of the Korean Workers’ Party Central Committee.

Secretary Pompeo and Chairman Kim also agreed to instruct their respective working-level teams to meet soon to intensify discussions on the key remaining issues to deliver on the Singapore Summit Joint Statement.

In addition, Chairman Kim invited inspectors to visit the Punggye Ri nuclear test site to confirm that it has been irreversibly dismantled.

President Trump looks forward to continuing to build upon the trust established with Chairman Kim in Singapore and anticipates meeting again soon.






Press Releases: Assistant Secretary Fannon Travel to the United Kingdom


Media Note

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

October 7, 2018


Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Frank R. Fannon will travel to London October 8-10.

In London he will meet with energy company executives, the Atlantic Council, and give a keynote speech at an international energy conference.

For further information, contact Vincent Campos, Spokesperson for the Bureau of Energy Resources, at CamposVM@state.gov or visit www.state.gov/e/enr. You can also find information on Twitter at @EnergyAtState.






Press Releases: Remarks With South Korean President Moon Jae-in


Remarks

Michael R. Pompeo

Secretary of State

Blue House

Seoul, South Korea

October 7, 2018


PRESIDENT MOON: (Via interpreter) Well, first of all, I would like to say a big well done to you. It’s good to – it’s been a very important day for both – for everyone concerned, the United States and North Korea and the Republic of Korea, and I would like to thank you deeply for visiting Pyongyang in the morning and coming straight to Seoul afterwards to share the outcome of your trip. And I dearly hope that your latest visit, as well as the upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit, which I hope will be happening soon, will make an irreversible and decisive progress in terms of complete denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula as well as the peace process. And I saw the reports today that you had met Chairman Kim Jong-un, and I’m sure that the whole world is watching with close interest about the outcome of your meeting. Since we have the media present here, I would like to ask you to disclose anything that you can open to the public here.

SECRETARY POMPEO: First of all, thank you. Thank you for hosting me, President Moon. It’s great to be here. It was important that I come here tonight on my visit today. You all have been an incredibly important part of the success that we have all had to date, but what we all hope will be the denuclearization and the change in the relationship here on the peninsula. And then, two, I don’t have much to add. I will certainly tell you in private about our conversation, but we had a good, productive conversation. As President Trump has said, there are many steps along the way and we took one of those today; it was another step forward. So this is, I think, a good outcome for all. And then I also want to express President Trump’s personal appreciation for all the hard work that you and your team have put in for making us get to this point and the summits that you’ve held. I’m confident together we can achieve the outcome that the world so desperately needs. So thank you.






Press Releases: Secretary Pompeo’s Meetings in Tokyo, Japan


Readout

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

October 6, 2018


The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:‎

Secretary Pompeo met today with Japanese Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Kono in Tokyo to discuss next steps on DPRK engagement. They reaffirmed our commitment to the final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK, and agreed that pressure must continue until the DPRK denuclearizes. Both sides affirmed the strength of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and vowed to continue working closely together to address common challenges in the Indo-Pacific.