"North Korea has a chance to be a great country and I think they should seize the opportunity," he said. Moon told Trump in their private talks that there was no need to doubt North Korea's will to hold a summit, a South Korean government spokesman told reporters. He said he would like a deal to commit North Korea to denuclearize over a "short period of time." Pompeo later praised China by saying it has offered "historic assistance" in the pressure campaign against North Korea. Tensions between the United States and North Korea escalated last year as Pyongyang tested missiles believed capable of hitting the U.S. mainland.

Source: dna May 23, 2018 02:41 UTC