Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he’s confident that a third summit will take place “soon” between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

The top US diplomat acknowledged on “CBS This Morning” that while “we didn’t get as far as the world is demanding” during the first two meetings, the two leaders left Hanoi, Vietnam, with a “deeper understanding of each other.”

In February, Trump told reporters after talks collapsed that he and Kim were unable to sign an agreement as scheduled mostly because they disagreed on sanctions.

“Sometimes you have to walk,” he said, explaining that the rogue regime wanted the US to eliminate all sanctions imposed on the country in exchange for the shuttering of just one nuclear facility.

Pompeo said the US has always known that talks with Pyongyang would “take a while” but said the administration is still determined and “convinced the North Koreans are determined as well” to reach complete and verifiable denuclearization.

“Chairman Kim has promised me, he’s promised President Trump he will denuclearize, now it’s the mission of my team to make sure that happens,” he said.

Asked if the diplomatic channels between the two countries have gone cold since the failed summits, Pompeo said: “Nope.”

But he noted that Washington remains “incredibly clear” that economic sanctions on the North “will not be lifted until our ultimate objective is achieved.”

His comments come as South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to visit the White House next week.

Meanwhile, Pompeo said this week’s security breach at the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida by a Chinese woman carrying a thumb drive with computer malware “tells the American people the threat China poses, the efforts that they’re making here inside the United States, not only against government officials but more broadly.”

He said that threat was being discussed during ongoing trade negotiations between the US and China this week.

The theft of intellectual property is a big business for China “to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars,” said Pompeo, who emphasized that the administration is “determined to push back against it.”

On Thursday, the president said there’s a “very good chance” the US will reach a trade deal with China.