Pompeo to Return to North Korea Next Month to Prepare Second Trump Summit

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 25, 2018. Reuters/Darren Ornitz

UNITED NATIONS—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had a “very positive” meeting with North Korea’s foreign minister on Sept. 26 and will visit Pyongyang again next month to prepare for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Pompeo wrote on Twitter that his meeting with Ri Yong Ho on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York was to discuss the summit and “next steps toward denuclearization of #NorthKorea.”