Pompeo: US firms could invest in North Korea and Kim may get ‘security assurances’Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that if North Korea agrees to fully dismantle its nuclear weapons program, the Trump administration will allow the American private sector to invest in the country. Graham, a member of the Senate armed services committee, told CBS “there’d be a lot of support in Congress to give North Korea a better life. Pompeo met Kim last week in North Korea, for the second time, helping set the stage for the summit and securing the release of three Americans who the Pentagon said left hospital on Sunday. Asked if the US was in effect telling Kim “regime change will be off the table” if he meets American demands, Pompeo told Fox: “We will have to provide security assurances, to be sure.”Pompeo did not elaborate, but North Korea has sought assurances before. The North has said it needs nuclear weapons to counter a US effort to strangle its economy and overthrow the Kim government.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2018 14:32 UTC