05.10.18

McConnell Statement on Summit with North Korea

‘I congratulate President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and the rest of the president’s team on this significant step. I share in the hopes of our entire nation that the June 12th meeting will further our longtime goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement regarding the planned historic summit meeting between the United States and North Korea scheduled for next month:  

“Today we learned the date and location for the historic summit meeting between the United States and North Korea. 

“I congratulate President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and the rest of the president’s team on this significant step. I share in the hopes of our entire nation that the June 12th meeting will further our longtime goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.

“As Secretary Pompeo noted at his swearing-in ceremony, the United States is committed to the permanent, verifiable, irreversible dismantling of North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program.  I share that goal, and if it proves unachievable through these talks, I support a continuation of the policy of maximum pressure on the regime.”

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