Pompeo: Pressure on Pyongyong will not change until credible steps taken toward denuclearization

23 May 2018, 5:40 pm

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that Washington will not withdraw its economic pressure on North Korea until it sees “credible” steps taken toward denuclearization.

“Our posture will not change until we see credible steps taken toward the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean peninsula,” Pompeo says at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.

The secretary insists that the US is prepared to walk away from talks with Pyongyang if negotiations go south.

“A bad deal is not an option… The American people are counting on us to get this right. If the right deal is not on the table, we will respectfully walk away.”