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\nUS and North Korean officials have set up working groups to deal with \u201cnitty gritty stuff\u201d including verification of efforts to achieve denuclearization, a US State Department spokeswoman said on Saturday, the second day of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s visit to Pyongyang.<\/p>\n
The spokeswoman, Heather Nauert, said Pompeo\u2019s discussions with North Korean officials included the repatriation of the remains of Americans who died in the Korean War in the 1950s in addition to denuclearization issues, according to a pool report by reporters accompanying Pompeo.<\/p>\n
Pompeo left the negotiations venue to make a secure phone call to update President Donald Trump on the talks, the report said.<\/p>\n
At talks with Kim Yong Chol, a top official in North Korea\u2019s ruling party who had already met with Pompeo in New York, Pompeo said as he headed into the meeting that the aim of the United States was for \u201ccomplete denuclearization\u201d of the North.<\/p>\n
Kim did not comment on the issue of denuclearization, saying only that there \u201care things I have to clarify.\u201d The Trump administration has said that if North Korea abandons its nuclear weapons program it could become a rich and successful country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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