Pompeo to travel to Vietnam for summit Feb. 26-28

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at the State Department in Washington. AP

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Vietnam next week for the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the State Department said Friday (local time).

Pompeo is scheduled to be in Hanoi from Feb. 26 to 28 to participate in the summit and meetings with Vietnamese leaders, the department said in a statement.

The summit is scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28.

Pompeo will also visit Manila, the Philippines, from Feb. 28 to March 1 to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin, Jr. (Yonhap)

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