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Following a bilateral meeting with the South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. will assist North Korea with economic development if it gets rid of its nuclear weapons, reports the AP. 

Pompeo: U.S. will provide economic aid to a denuclearized North Korea

Pompeo met with the South Korean foreign minister today.

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<p>Following a bilateral meeting with the South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. will assist North Korea with economic development if it gets rid of its nuclear weapons, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="reports the AP" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/995020594306600960" data-vars-content-id="d784db5e-dd87-45a3-8fc5-9a9144e28f4a" data-vars-headline="Pompeo: U.S. will provide economic aid to a denuclearized North Korea" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/995020594306600960" target="_blank">reports the AP</a>. </p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

China is becoming the most formidable rival America has faced, and the risk of confrontation with Russia, North Korea or Iran still looms. Authoritarians are rising, the chaotic Afghanistan exit revealed the limits of U.S. power, and the pandemic, climate change and other critical challenges continue to pose grave threats.

Pompeo: U.S. will provide economic aid to a denuclearized North Korea

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