Pompeo arrives in Beijing to discuss results of latest visit to Pyeongyang
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The U.S. Secretary of State is making one last stop before returning home.
Mike Pompeo visits Beijing, to brief his Chinese counterparts on the outcome of his fourth visit to the reclusive regime.
Park Hee-jun has the full story.
It's the first time U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has briefed China following right after denuclearization talks with North Korea.
Departing from Seoul,... he arrived in Beijing on Monday afternoon.
Pompeo is meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his predecessor Yang Jiechi,... but not President Xi Jinping.
He will share with them the details of his recent visit to Pyeongyang.
"I do want to share with you my visit with Chairman Kim Jong-un yesterday, the progress we made,... to make sure we are working together on our joint mission we've talked about before-- the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
And also on the table,... is believed to be a peace treaty ending the armistice.
Upon beginning his Northeast Asian tour,... Pompeo said that once they reach a conclusion to the nuclear negotiations,... they will sign a peace treaty,... and that China will be part of that process.
Never before has the U.S. officially acknowledged China as a relevant party,... an act believed to be a way to gain support from Beijing.
This visit in itself is considered extremely rare,... especially with the ongoing trade tensions between the two countries.
Attention now centers on how China views what Pompeo called a "good and productive" meeting,... and how Beijing will cooperate on North Korea's denuclearization process.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
The U.S. Secretary of State is making one last stop before returning home.
Mike Pompeo visits Beijing, to brief his Chinese counterparts on the outcome of his fourth visit to the reclusive regime.
Park Hee-jun has the full story.
It's the first time U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has briefed China following right after denuclearization talks with North Korea.
Departing from Seoul,... he arrived in Beijing on Monday afternoon.
Pompeo is meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his predecessor Yang Jiechi,... but not President Xi Jinping.
He will share with them the details of his recent visit to Pyeongyang.
"I do want to share with you my visit with Chairman Kim Jong-un yesterday, the progress we made,... to make sure we are working together on our joint mission we've talked about before-- the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
And also on the table,... is believed to be a peace treaty ending the armistice.
Upon beginning his Northeast Asian tour,... Pompeo said that once they reach a conclusion to the nuclear negotiations,... they will sign a peace treaty,... and that China will be part of that process.
Never before has the U.S. officially acknowledged China as a relevant party,... an act believed to be a way to gain support from Beijing.
This visit in itself is considered extremely rare,... especially with the ongoing trade tensions between the two countries.
Attention now centers on how China views what Pompeo called a "good and productive" meeting,... and how Beijing will cooperate on North Korea's denuclearization process.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.