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Washington is ready to begin negotiating immediately to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea “by January 2021.”

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated about the aforesaid, and he welcomed Pyongyang’s “important commitments” made during Wednesday’s inter-Korean summit, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

In a statement, Pompeo said he spoke with his North Korean counterpart on Wednesday morning and invited him to meet in New York next week, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

The statement came after the North’s leader Kim Jong Un agreed to make a historic visit to Seoul soon and close a missile testing site in front of international inspectors, in a meeting with the South’s President Moon Jae In.

“On the basis of these important commitments, the United States is prepared to engage immediately in negotiations to transform U.S.-DPRK relations,” said Pompeo. “This will mark the beginning of negotiations to transform U.S.-DPRK relations through the process of rapid denuclearization of North Korea, to be completed by January 2021, as committed by Chairman Kim, and to construct a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.”

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