U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to meet with North Korean officials "at the earliest possible date" to implement the outcome of the recent Washington-Pyongyang summit.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters on Thursday that there had been contact with the North Korean government since the summit, but added she has no meetings or travel to announce at this time.

Pompeo said earlier this week that he would likely travel back to North Korea "before too terribly long" to follow up on last week's summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. 

There is speculation that Pompeo will make his third visit to Pyongyang to bring home 200 sets of remains of American soldiers who died in the Korean War.

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