Pompeo: US to help North Korea economy if it gives up nukes
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WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday the United States is willing to help North Korea with its economy if the North gets rid of its nuclear weapons.
Pompeo held a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha a day after he returned from Pyongyang with three American detainees released by North Korea.
Pompeo said the goal of talks with North Korea is complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. He said he had "good" and "substantive" conversations with leader Kim Jong Un during his visit.
Kang remarked there must be "airtight" coordination between South Korea and the US ahead of President Donald Trump's upcoming meeting with Kim.
