Pompeo counters North Korean criticism by saying nuclear talks are on track
WASHINGTON ââ Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo sought Sunday to downplay North Korea's harsh complaints about U.S. demands and insisted that negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament were making progress.
Speaking in Tokyo, Pompeo suggested that North Korea's public statements were very different from what he heard privately during two days of talks with the country's former spy chief, Kim Yong Chol.
"People are going to make certain comments after meetings," Pompeo said at a news conference with the foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea. "If I paid attention to what
