Kim: North Korea's will to denuclearize 'unchanged'
Tehran (KNA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says his country's will to rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons remains "unchanged," confirming that he is committed to a much-anticipated summit with US President Donald Trump..
"The DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)'s will for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula still remains unchanged and consistent and fixed," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted Kim as saying during a rare meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Pyongyang on Thursday.
The statements came shortly after remarks by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who asked Kim Yong-chol, Kim's perceived right-hand man, whether Pyongyang was still committed to denuclearization.
Pompeo and the North Korean official met in New York earlier in the day to discuss a possible Kim-Trump meet in Singapore on June 12.
The top US diplomat said during the meeting that Washington would "ramp up the pressure" on the North Koreans if the recent diplomatic efforts between the two sides failed.
Source: PressTV