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Unlike the U.S. president who highlighted the possibility of the June 12th event not taking place, his Secretary of State had a more optimistic view.
Mike Pompeo pledged Washington will put in the best efforts to make sure the planned summit is a success.
Cha Sang-mi zooms in on the ex-intel chief's positive perspective.
Speaking to reporters at the State Department on Tuesday,... U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hasn't seen anything to give the Trump administration (quote) "pause" about the scheduled June 12th summit.

"We're preparing, we're continuing to do our work and lay the foundation for a successful meeting. I'm confident we'll get there. With respect to Chairman Kim, I haven't spoken publicly about the conversations we've had."

Pompeo's remarks came a matter of hours after President Trump suggested the summit may not take place next month in Singapore.

President Moon Jae-in had earlier met with Pompeo and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton as his first official itinerary in Washington.
According to pool reports, President Moon expressed his appreciation for President Trump's top advisors for foreign affairs and national security as they prepare for the upcoming Pyongyang-Washington summit.

"I'm very much aware that you both play key roles in the U.S. government's foreign and security policies, and in particular, on Korea as a whole. We're embarking on a very important period that will determine the future of Korea and the Korean Peninsula. The Korean public has very high expectations of you."

During their 50-minute-long meeting, President Moon called on Pompeo and Bolton to speed up preparations to make the Pyongyang-Washington summit a successful one that ultimately puts all parties on the road to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
In response, the U.S. officials said the Kim-Trump meeting was their "highest priority", and they "are looking forward to working alongside South Korea to achieve a really good outcome with North Korea."

Regarding the recent negative shift in tone from Pyongyang, President Moon stressed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's determination to hold a successful summit with the U.S. is resolute nevertheless.
The meeting came a couple of hours before President Moon sat down for his face-to-face with President Trump in the Oval Office.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.