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North Korea says talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were “regrettable.”
It accused the US of betraying the spirit of last month’s summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
It accused the US of trying to pressure it into unilaterally giving up its nukes and said the talks were “concerning” because they may “rattle our willingness for denuclearization that had been firm.”
North Korea says high-level talks with a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were “regrettable” and has accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nukes.

The statement by an unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman on Saturday came hours after Pompeo concluded two days of talks with North Korean officials led by Kim Yong Chol.

The statement says that the United States betrayed the spirit of last month’s summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by making unilateral demands on “CVID,” or the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea.

It says the outcome of the follow-up talks was “very concerning” because it has led to a “dangerous phase that might rattle our willingness for denuclearization that had been firm.”

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2018. North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency/Reuters

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