State Department: Many Allies Expressed Gratitude to U.S. for Talks with North Korea

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NAUERT: "When we reflect on our trip that we recently went on to ASEAN in Singapore, the Secretary had many bilateral and multilateral conversations with many nations there. The resounding theme coming out of those meetings was 'thanks to the United States for its leadership, thanks to President Trump for his leadership on this issue.' These countries were happy that we were able to get Chairman Kim and the North Korean government to the table to begin having these conversation. That's an incredible step and a huge step from where we were just one year ago. Chairman Kim made a commitment to President Trump on June 12th, he said that he would denuclearize his country. The Secretary has had subsequent conversations, as has State Department and we do not believe that position has changed in any way. We've been working very hard since that time to develop the process by which denuclearization can be achieved, the Secretary spoke about this just on Sunday, and said the process of achieving denuclearization is one that we've all known would take some time. The world is united in seeing this achieved, so it will certainly take some time."