Pompeo seeking allied unity in dealing with North Korea

TOKYO — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday that the U.S. will coordinate with allies Japan and South Korea on efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.

Pompeo met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the eve of the U.S. diplomat’s fourth visit to North Korea. Pompeo was looking to arrange a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Ko- rean leader Kim Jong Un and chart a path toward denuclearization.

Japan has been wary of Trump’s initiative, fearing it could affect its security relationship with the U.S. Pompeo said it was important to hear from the Japanese leader “so we have a fully coordinated and unified view.”

Pompeo pledged that during his meeting with Kim, he would raise the cases of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea.