Pompeo calls continuing discussions with North Korea 'productive'

[Swordsmyth]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that talks over the weekend between the United States and North Korea on the return of U.S. service members' remains were "productive, cooperative and resulted in firm commitments." The secretary of state also announced that both sides agreed to recommence field operations in North Korea to search for the estimated 5,300 Americans who never returned home from the Korean War.


"Working level meetings between U.S. and North Korean officials will begin" Monday to coordinate the next steps, including the transfer of remains already collected by North Korea, Pompeo said in a statement.
Trump has touted the planned return of remains as one of the successes of his historic June 12 summit with Kim.
On Sunday, President Donald Trump tweeted about what he considered successes in the U.S.-North Korea talks so far.
"There hasn't been a missile or rocket fired in 9 months in North Korea, there have been no nuclear tests and we got back our hostages," Trump wrote. "Who knows how it will all turn out in the end, but why isn't the Fake News talking about these wonderful facts?"

More at: https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/pompeo-calls-continuing-discussions-with-north-korea-productive

[Zippyjuan]

Headline is from previously. Real headline:


US, North Korea to restart joint searches for soldiers' remains, Pompeo says

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Sunday that the United States and North Korea agreed to recommence field operations to search for the estimated 5,300 Americans who never returned home from the Korean War.

The US and North Korea will jointly engage in the searches for the yet-to-be-located service members' remains, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed; she could not say when those would begin.


"Working level meetings between U.S. and North Korean officials will begin" Monday to coordinate the next steps, including the transfer of remains already collected by North Korea, Pompeo said in a statement.

North Korea never even showed up at the last scheduled meeting.


North Korean officials did not show up to a planned meeting with US officials at the demilitarized zone Thursday, where they were expected to continue discussions on repatriating the remains of Americans killed during the war, CNN has reported.

The no-show came after Kim scuttled a rendezvous with Pompeo during his trip to Pyongyang earlier this month.

Pompeo did not demonstrate progress on denuclearization talks after that trip, leading one source with knowledge of the discussions to say the White House felt it went "as badly as it could have gone," CNN reported.

But hey, if you want to call that "progress"....

https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/pompeo-calls-continuing-discussions-with-north-korea-productive

[Swordsmyth]

Headline is from previously. Real headline:
The original headline was accurate.






North Korea never even showed up at the last scheduled meeting.
And? They showed up to this one and progress was made.



Pompeo did not demonstrate progress on denuclearization talks after that trip, leading one source with knowledge of the discussions to say the White House felt it went "as badly as it could have gone," CNN reported.
CNN and their anonymous sources again:rolleyes:, this meeting wasn't about denuclearization and it didn't go badly.

[Zippyjuan]

The original headline was accurate.

CNN and their anonymous sources again:rolleyes:, this meeting wasn't about denuclearization and it didn't go badly.

That came from your link.


And? They showed up to this one and progress was made.

Article says they will try to meet Monday.


"Working level meetings between U.S. and North Korean officials will begin" Monday to coordinate the next steps, including the transfer of remains already collected by North Korea, Pompeo said in a statement.

[Swordsmyth]

That came from your link.
So what? It is still CNN fake news, the fact that the article with the other information included it doesn't change that.




Article says they will try to meet Monday.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Sunday that the United States and North Korea agreed to recommence field operations to search for the estimated 5,300 Americans who never returned home from the Korean War.


Pompeo called the talks over the weekend that led to the announcement "productive, cooperative and resulted in firm commitments."
They already met on Sunday and will have more meetings on Monday.