Mike Pompeo will leave for North Korea on July 5: White House
Washington, July 3 (IBNS): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be leaving for North Korea on July 5, officials said.
White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders confirmed the issue and said that Pompeo will visit the country for the ongoing and 'important work' of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
"To continue the ongoing and important work of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, Secretary Pompeo will be leaving for North Korea on July 5th to meet with the North Korean leader and his team," Sanders said during a media briefing on Monday.
June Diplomacy:
US President Donald Trump on June 12 met North Korea leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
It was during this meet that the two leaders had issued the commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Bitter previous US-North Korea relationship:
The move appears to be a major breakthrough after months of barbs exchanged between North Korea and the US.
Fresh development in the relationship between North Korea, South Korea, and the US began recently when a North Korea delegation was invited to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
2017 witnessed US President Donald Trump slamming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as the Asian nation continued to conduct several of its missile tests, teasing world peace and tranquillity and often threatening to trigger a war.
The situation became far tensed when North Korea tested an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) that the nation said was capable of striking US mainland.
The United Nations Security Council imposed strong new sanctions against the Asian nation after its Nov 29 launch of a nuclear-capable weapon.
Trump and North Korea continued to exchange barbs earlier this year too.
Image: Sarah Sanders Twitter page
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