Trump said on Twitter that there had been a "good meeting with Kim Jong Un ," adding: "Date & Place set. That contradicted Trump, who has said repeatedly that his pressure tactics brought North Korea to the negotiating table.Pompeo's trip, his second to North Korea this year, had not been publicly disclosed when he flew out of Washington late Monday aboard an Air Force jetliner. "Trump has said that withdrawing US forces from South Korea is "not on the table." Some 28,500 US forces are based in the allied nation, a military presence that has been preserved to deter North Korea since the war ended in 1953 without a peace treaty.After weeks of positive signals, though, North Korea on Sunday dismissed what it called "misleading" claims that Trump's policy of maximum political pressure and sanctions are what drove the North to talks. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman warned the claims are a "dangerous attempt" to ruin a budding detente on the Korean Peninsula after the summit between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Source: Economic Times May 09, 2018 13:48 UTC