Pompeo: US will help North Korea's economy if it forfeits nukes
2018-05-12 09:18:05 source：The Hill
May 11, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that the U.S. would be willing to offer economic help to North Korea if Pyongyang takes concrete steps toward denuclearization.
"If North Korea takes bold action to quickly denuclearize, the United States is prepared to work with North Korea to achieve prosperity on the par with our South Korean friends," Pompeo said during a joint press conference with his South Korean counterpart.
Pompeo spoke in Washington a day after returning from Pyongyang, where he said he had "good" and "substantive" conversations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and secured the release of three American prisoners being held in North Korea.
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