The White House’s new plan on North Korea is still a work in progress and will be informed by top officials’ upcoming trips to Seoul and Tokyo, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Friday.
Next week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will make their first-ever trip to Asia in their new roles. Ned Price, a State Department spokesperson, called the visit a “key ingredient” to Washington’s policy review on North Korea, which could dictate how much of former President Donald Trump’s unconventional, diplomacy-driven approach will survive a White House audit.
The White House’s new plan on North Korea is still a work in progress and will be informed by top officials’ upcoming trips to Seoul and Tokyo, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Friday.
Next week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will make their first-ever trip to Asia in their new roles. Ned Price, a State Department spokesperson, called the visit a “key ingredient” to Washington’s policy review on North Korea, which could dictate how much of former President Donald Trump’s unconventional, diplomacy-driven approach will survive a White House audit.
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