US expects NKorea to live up to moratorium on nuclear tests

 

March 15, 2019



WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that the U.S. expects North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to honor his promise to keep his missile launches and nuclear tests on hold, speaking after a top North Korean official suggested the moratorium was under review and could be lifted.

Pompeo said Kim told President Donald Trump several times at last month's summit in Vietnam that he would not restart the tests.

"So that's Chairman Kim's word," Pompeo said. "We have every expectation he will live up to that commitment."

Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said earlier Friday in Pyong...



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