THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release October 12, 2000
PRESS BRIEFING
BY
JAKE SIEWERT
The James S. Brady Briefing Room
6:07 P.M. EDT
Q What are the prospects of the President actually taking this
trip to North Korea? When would that be, and what would the purpose of
that trip be?
MR. SIEWERT: As you know, Secretary Albright announced today that
she would be traveling to North Korea in the short term. I believe it
could happen as early as this month. We thought the events over the
last -- over the meeting with General Cho were dramatic in many ways,
and the renewed engagement has led to some positive developments. We
are going to -- during the meeting that he had with the President, he
extended an invitation by Kim Chong-il for the President to visit
Pyongyang. Secretary Albright will travel to the region. And we'll
asses whether, in her trip, whether a meeting between President Clinton
and Kim Chong-il would be productive in advancing some of the areas of
concern that we have regarding North Korea.
Q Is the likelihood that this would be added to the
Brunei-Vietnam trip?
MR. SIEWERT: I don't have any news on that. We're going to have
the Secretary travel to the region, assess what might be accomplished if
the President and Kim Chong-il were to meet, and we'll let you know if
we think such a meeting would be useful.
END 6:16 P.M. EDT
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