Last week’s inter-Korean summit appears to have given a much-needed kick-start to currently-stalled U.S.-DPRK nuclear negotiations, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirming on Wednesday that he has accepted Kim Jong Un’s invitation to visit Pyongyang next month.

So what to expect from the Secretary of State’s trip to the North Korean capital in October? NK Pro analysis of the situation suggests:

U.S. priorities going into the meetings have not dramatically changed: “final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK” remains the goal; Despite this, U.S. diplomats have reason to