North Korea, his department said Tuesday amid stalled negotiations over the North's nuclear weapons program.At a regular press briefing, department deputy spokesperson Robert Palladino was asked whether North Korea has expressed an interest in another bilateral summit following the collapse of the previous one in February in Vietnam.
In an interview broadcast Monday, Pompeo said he is hopeful President Donald Trump
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and North Korean leader Kim
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will get together "in the coming months" to make a "substantive big step" toward denuclearizing the North.
"The secretary yesterday was basically making clear again that the United States is ready to proceed, and nothing further beyond that," Palladino said. "I wouldn't read any more into it. Our efforts are ongoing."
The Hanoi summit ended without a deal due to disagreements over the scope of North Korea's denuclearization and sanctions relief from the U.S.