Pompeo to brief S.Korean President of Trump-Kim agreement

IANS  |  Seoul 

US of State will personally brief South Korean on the outcome of the historic summit between North Korean leader and American Donald Trump, an said here on Wednesday.

"Pompeo is scheduled to visit Cheong Wa Dae (Presidential Office) on Thursday. The will likely meet him personally," the said.

The said there were no immediate plans for talks between the two Koreas and the US to officially end the 1950-53 war or implement other agreements between and

Also, no dialogue has been scheduled between Moon and the North Korean leader.

Japanese will also visit South for three-way talks with South Korean counterpart and Pompeo.

Moon was given a personal account of the summit by Trump himself in a 20-minute telephone conversation, held only hours after The US President met Kim in on Tuesday, reported.

In a joint statement issued after the summit, Trump and Kim said they agreed to improve their countries' relationship, a move that would inevitably require a formal end to the Korean War, in which nearly half a million American troops fought with their South Korean allies.

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First Published: Wed, June 13 2018. 13:24 IST