Pompeo says North Korea test site reports consistent with commitments


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Jul 2018

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a press briefing at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., July 20, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

STANFORD, California (Reuters) - Reports that North Korea has started dismantling facilities at a rocket test site are consistent with a commitment Pyongyang made at a summit last month, but it must go further and fully denuclearize, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.

Pompeo said after meetings with his Australian counterpart in California that the United States had been pressing North Korea to allow inspectors on the ground when the Sohae site was dismantled, something also "consistent" with a commitment by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Singapore summit in June with U.S. President Donald Trump

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