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Pompeo, in Tokyo, denies U.S. stance is softening on North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Foreign Minister Taro Kono and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha shake hands after their joint news conference in Tokyo on Sunday. | POOL / VIA REUTERS

By Reiji Yoshida
Staff Writer

Jul 9, 2018

In Tokyo following his latest visit to Pyongyang, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denies that Washington has softened its stance against North Korea.

The U.S. is still demanding "complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization (CVID)" of the nuclear-armed hermit state, he said Sunday.

Speculation has been rife that the U.S. might have tempered its demand on the North — having recently started calling for "the final, fully verified denuclearization (FFVD)" of North Korea instead of CVID, a key phrase jointly used by the United States, South Korea and Japan.

Pompeo, in Tokyo, denies U.S. stance is softening on North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs

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