[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a sudden development, US President Donald Trump has asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to call off his Monday trip to Pyongyang,  North Korea “at this time”, citing insufficient progress on denuclearisation.

In the last minute change of heart just three days before the proposed trip, US President wrote a tweet post on Friday saying “I have asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to not go to North Korea, at this time, because I feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.”

His three tweets, described the reason and the condition when Pompeo may undertake the Pyongyang visit:[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]According to media reports the US Department of State did never confirm about the Pompeo’s North Korea trip. However, the US media, citing diplomatic sources, said the secretary of state was expected to be in Pyongyang for several hours on Monday.

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Trump’s tweets came after IAEA outlined “grave concern” about the North’s nuclear programme in its report.

Recently President Trump had been pretty upbeat about negotiations with North Korea, telling Reuters news agency that Pyongyang had taken steps towards denuclearlisation, missile testing had stopped and he was looking forward to another summit with North Korea.

Read More: Trump change stance: say North Korea a threat to US security

On Thursday, Pompeo appointed Stephen Biegun, a senior executive with the Ford Motor Co, to be his special envoy for North Korea and said he and Biegun would visit next week.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]