The Trump administration reportedly ordered its officials to not use the expression "complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization" in negotiations with North Korea.
Quoting U.S. government officials,.... Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported on Sunday that the order came early this month... and said, it was meant not to pressure North Korea.
Before the June 12th summit in Singapore...., Washington had used the term "CVID" many times... but the joint statement mentioned only "complete denuclearization."
Since then, key officials from Washington have used the term FFVD instead... which means "final, fully verified denuclearization."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has explained that the meaning of FFVD is not weaker than CVID... and that the U.S. goal of North Korea's denuclearization has not changed.
