State Department Refutes 'Pompeo's Plan' on Economic Aid for North Korea

04:18 GMT, 12 May 2018

US State Department spokeswoman appeared to dismiss an interpretation of top diplomat Michael Pompeo's promise of a brighter future for North Korea that allegedly involved US economic assistance.

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"Misleading headline," State Department’s Heather Nauert tweeted. "If DPRK denuclearizes, they could have a brighter future one day, which could include international trade, investment and visitors from around the world," she wrote, using an abbreviation for North Korea.

Pompeo: North Korea Can 'Achieve Prosperity' if It Denuclearizes

11 May 2018, 23:53 GMT

Pompeo said earlier at a meeting with his South Korean counterpart that Washington was ready to help North Korea "achieve prosperity" if it gave up nuclear weapons. The Fox News channel published a report saying the North would receive US economic help.

Trump's meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 will be the first summit between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader. They are expected to focus on denuclealization as a way of ending UN, US, and EU economic sanctions on the Communist state.

.@SecPompeo with FM Kang: U.S. and #ROK remain committed to achieving the permanent, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. If Chairman Kim chooses the right path, there is a future brimming with peace and prosperity for #NorthKorea and its people. pic.twitter.com/rl6Pw0LuTf
— Department of State (@StateDept) 11 мая 2018 г.