U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said he expected working-level talks with Pyongyang over North Korea’s nuclear program to resume in mid-July.

Speaking to reporters during alongside U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, Pompeo indicated preparatory work for the talks would begin almost immediately.

“It’ll happen – I guess it’s the end of the June still – yep, this month, starting tomorrow,” Pompeo said.

“So sometime in July, probably in the next two or three weeks, probably around the middle of the month would be my guess, at a place yet to be determined. But the