The next summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely to happen early next year, a senior administration official says.
The two sides have been engaged in talks on the leaders' second meeting after the first, unprecedented, one in Singapore in June.
"A meeting is likely sometime after the first of the year," the US official told a small group of reporters.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday he hopes to meet his North Korean counterpart soon to lay the groundwork for a "big step forward" on denuclearisation during the next summit.
President Donald Trump is expected to meet his North Korean counterpart next year.
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Pompeo, in an interview with Voice of America on a trip to Mexico City, said Kim told him two weeks ago he was committed to the promises he had made to Trump during their first summit.
