US keeps North Korea denuclearization high on agenda, official says

The Trump administration continues to place North Korea’s denuclearization high on its policy agenda, a senior US State Department official said Thursday.

David Wilezol, deputy assistant secretary of state for Korea, Japan and Mongolia, said at a forum in Washington that discussions on North Korea within the administration remain centered on denuclearization.

He cited a recent fact sheet issued after a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, as well as a joint ...