Pompeo says North Korea test site reports consistent with commitments

By Alexandria Sage STANFORD, California (Reuters) - Reports that North Korea has started dismantling facilities at a rocket test site are consistent with a commitment Pyongyang made at a summit last month, but it must go further and fully denuclearize, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. Pompeo said after meetings with his Australian counterpart in California that the United States had been pressing North Korea to allow inspectors on the ground when the Sohae site was dismantled, something also "consistent" with a commitment by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Singapore summit in June with U.S. President Donald Trump Asked at a joint news conference what further steps were needed by North Korea, Pompeo said: "They need to completely, fully denuclearize.

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