US top diplomat Mike Pompeo visits North Korea

Pompeo, who met Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang last month while he was still director of the CIA, arrived in the North and is at Pyongyang's Koryo Hotel for meetings.

Pyongyang, May 9: Washington's top diplomat Mike Pompeo has arrived in North Korea, pool reports said on Wednesday, where he is holding meetings to prepare for a landmark nuclear summit.

Pompeo, who met Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang last month while he was still director of the CIA, arrived in the North and is at Pyongyang's Koryo Hotel for meetings.

He tweeted, "Headed back to #DPRK at the invitation of the North Korean leadership. I look forward to planning a successful summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un."

In addition to planning the summit, due later this month or in June, Pompeo has been pressing the North Korean regime to release three detained US citizens.

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