Department Press Briefing – October 9, 2018
Spokesperson
Department Press Briefing
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TRANSCRIPT:
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First, I'd like to address the earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi in
The
In addition, American companies have also mobilized to respond with financial donations, heavy equipment, transportation, and other humanitarian supplies. The
Next, I want to address something that the Secretary raised last week because nothing has changed. There are still 65
As the Secretary has said, these candidates are quality candidates. They're not sitting on the
And with that I'd be happy to take your questions. Anne, you want to go ahead?
QUESTION: I wanted to ask about
QUESTION: Have you received any response from
From the Secretary on down, we have been engaged in this matter. This is something that we've been following. I understand that the President intends to speak with the Saudis, so I'm not going to get ahead of that conversation that the President may be having.
In the Secretary's statement, he said that we've seen conflicting reports about his status. We're not going to make any judgments about what had happened to him.
QUESTION: It was nearly a week between his -- first reports of his disappearance and that statement from Secretary Pompeo. Why was there such a delay between those two events?
QUESTION: What was the
QUESTION: And then so what was the reason behind that delay in the statement coming out?
Okay. Hi, Lesley. Go ahead.
QUESTION: Hi. Welcome back.
QUESTION: You must be exhausted, having just arrived.
QUESTION: Just arrived last night. Yes.
QUESTION: Has the
QUESTION: You've called for a thorough and transparent inspection from the -- investigation from the Saudis, but what about the Turks? Have you asked them for their evidence, if they've seen --
QUESTION: But you said you -- they -- that on these diplomatic channels you've spoken to the Saudis, but what about the Turks?
QUESTION: But that would be -- that would be P, yes?
QUESTION: Did the Secretary --
QUESTION: On Friday, I saw on the Public Schedule that
QUESTION: Okay. So --
Go ahead.
QUESTION: Since this happened on Turkish soil, wouldn't speaking to the Turks and being part of their investigation be absolutely key to --
Hey, Carol.
QUESTION: Hi. Can I ask a follow-up on
QUESTION: So the
QUESTION: Will there be repercussions?
QUESTION: Can you just confirm if it was Pompeo?
QUESTION: Does the Secretary plan to speak himself with his counterpart in
QUESTION: There was a readout --
Go right ahead.
QUESTION: On the Palestinians.
QUESTION: Two quick --
QUESTION: Is it okay? Can I have one more follow-up on Khashoggi, please?
QUESTION: It's in relation to what you just said.
QUESTION: Let me just --
QUESTION: Let me just ask my question, and you decide if you don't want --
QUESTION:
QUESTION: I've been covering this place for 10 years. I don't come every day because I cover other places.
QUESTION: Yes. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to ask questions. So --
QUESTION: Thank you. So the fact that you called on the Saudis to carry an investigation, is the
QUESTION: Thank you.
QUESTION: Yes, very quickly,
QUESTION: And this was --
QUESTION: Right.
QUESTION: But this was only yesterday. I mean, he went out of his way to say that it is focused on Israeli security. What does that mean to you?
QUESTION: And one quick question on a young American student who has been detained in
QUESTION: Right. Many times.
QUESTION: But she -- this young woman,
Hi.
QUESTION: Heather, the issue is not that she wasn't allowed in. It's that she's being detained.
Laurie, go right ahead.
QUESTION: Hi.
I don't have her comments. I don't have those remarks, so I'm just not going to comment on it beyond that.
QUESTION: How about her call for an international criminal trial for those members of
QUESTION:
QUESTION: Heather?
QUESTION: Thank you. Welcome from (inaudible).
QUESTION: Okay, on
Among the things they also discussed was an upcoming second summit that would be attended by our President and also Chairman Kim, and we look forward to working on all of the details of that. They also agreed to instruct their respective working level groups, led by
As you know, Chairman Kim had invited inspectors to visit the Punggye-ri nuclear test site to confirm that it's been irreversibly dismantled. We were pleased with that. And
So we view it as making a lot of progress. We're pleased with that.
QUESTION: But North Korea has already destroyed Punggye-ri nuclear site and Tongchang-ri missile site. They --
QUESTION: Is that happen for denuclearizations?
QUESTION: Is this have for the denuclearizations, for what you --
QUESTION: Follow up on --
QUESTION: So you've made progress on a Trump-Kim summit. Do you have any idea of, like, the timing on that? Like, will it be before the end of the year or sometime afterwards?
So there are a lot of things that come into play here, and so we are hard at work at that. I know
QUESTION: So would you say that the -- what you're waiting for to announce even a time or a location for that, is it all just logistical, then?
QUESTION: I heard that. Yeah. You don't have to repeat it.
QUESTION: You don't have to repeat it.
QUESTION: I'm trying to save you some time. So are you saying that it's all logistical before you announce a date and time, or are you waiting for
QUESTION: But the question is --
QUESTION: -- since you listed all the logistics involved, are you simply waiting for logistics, or are you waiting for
QUESTION: Okay.
QUESTION: And when you say a lot of progress, since Punggye-ri is by many accounts an aging facility that's already been destroyed, by allowing inspectors to come there and see this, which is not necessarily key to
Nick, go ahead.
QUESTION: Just as a follow-up to that, I think one of the big questions is what exactly the administration, Secretary Pompeo,
QUESTION: Heather --
QUESTION: Follow-on on that. The first summit was about general commitments, complete denuclearization by Chairman Kim. Do you expect from the next summit to achieve broader agreement with the ways and --
QUESTION: Not what is being discussed, but what you expect.
QUESTION: Because we see your goal; we don't see your method. So --
QUESTION: Do you want to do it -- work in progress, step by step, or do you want to have a deal --
QUESTION: -- with everything inside?
QUESTION:
QUESTION:
QUESTION: Welcome back.
QUESTION: So Secretary Pompeo did not meet with the Chinese President
QUESTION:
QUESTION: Has the
QUESTION: Would you characterize
QUESTION:
QUESTION: Ambassador -- very quickly. Was the Secretary surprised that
I'm not going to get into who knew what when and all of that. What is ultimately important is that the President knew about her decision well in advance. They had those conversations. I'm not privy to those conversations, so I'd have to refer you to the
QUESTION: May I just follow up?
QUESTION: A follow-up?
QUESTION: So we saw the exchange of rhetorics when Secretary Pompeo was in
I'll do one last question. Nazira, hi.
QUESTION: Welcome back.
QUESTION: Yes.
QUESTION: Yeah.
QUESTION: Yeah.
QUESTION: Okay. Thank you.
QUESTION: Heather, I have two question, one question regarding Afghan delegation.
QUESTION: He was in
QUESTION: Did he have any meeting with the Secretary of State or either
QUESTION: (Off-mike.)
QUESTION: Two weeks ago.
QUESTION: Yeah. The next question,
QUESTION: He is in
I've got to go, guys. We'll see you again real soon. Thanks.
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