Singapore: Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump will discuss issues such as denuclearisation during their summit on Tuesday here, as part of a new era in relations between the two countries.
Mr Pompeo said the “ultimate objective” of a historic summit with North Korea had not changed and the US was “eager to see” if North Korea was sincere about denuclearisation.
The Trump-Kim talks are expected to centre on ending the North’s nuclear weapons and missile programmes in return for diplomatic and economic incentives.
Mr Pompeo said Trump was “fully prepared” for the talks, and was optimistic that the outcome would be “successful”, while warning that there was still “lots of work left to do”.
Mr Trump and Mr Kim will meet in front of the world’s media at around 9am local time on Tuesday. Any progress will have to be swift – the North Korean delegation is reportedly scheduled to leave Singapore as early as 2pm that afternoon.
