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SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea鈥檚 foreign minister quoted US officials as saying that it was North Korea that canceled a meeting this week between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior North Korean official on nuclear issues.
North Korea sent a notification to Washington to call off the meeting aimed at discussing the North鈥檚 denuclearization and setting up a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Thursday.
Kang provided no reason on why North Korea canceled the meeting in New York. Kang told lawmakers she planned to discuss the matter with Pompeo over the phone. South Korea鈥檚 presidential office earlier said that the meeting鈥檚 postponement wouldn鈥檛 affect the momentum of talks between Washington and Pyongyang.
鈥淲e were notified by the United States that North Korea explained that (the meeting) should be postponed because both sides have busy schedules,鈥� Kang said. 鈥淪ecretary of State Pompeo has already said that the meeting will be rescheduled. I think it would be excessive to read too much into the postponement of the meeting.鈥�
Trump told reporters at the White House that the United States is 鈥渋n no rush鈥� and that the meeting between Pompeo and his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong Chol would be rescheduled.
US State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said the postponement was 鈥減urely a scheduling issue鈥� but refused to elaborate. He did not provide a straightforward answer when asked whether a discord over US-led sanctions against the North, which Pyongyang says must be removed before any progress in nuclear talks, has made it more difficult to set up meetings.
鈥淭iming, timing,鈥� Palladino said. 鈥淭his has to do with timing as a matter 鈥� we鈥檙e talking about scheduling. And I鈥檒l leave it at that.鈥�
Seoul has worked hard to revive nuclear diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang, which removed war fears among South Koreans following a provocative run in North Korean weapons tests and Trump鈥檚 threats of military action last year.
Kim shifted to diplomacy in 2018, meeting Trump in June between three summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. But the North has been playing hardball since the summits, fueling doubts about whether Kim would ever deal away a nuclear program he may see as his strongest guarantee of survival. North Korea鈥檚 Foreign Ministry last week criticized the United States for its continued support of sanctions and hinted it may resume nuclear development if the measures aren鈥檛 lifted.
Trump has been showing signs of slowing the pace of his diplomacy with North Korea, seemingly pivoting closer to his party鈥檚 mainstream on North Korea issues. Trump recently said he won鈥檛 play a 鈥渢ime game鈥� with the North over a denuclearization deal.