North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a more than four-hour meeting and dinner with visiting South Korean envoys, saying it was his „firm will to vigorously
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a more than four-hour meeting and dinner with visiting South Korean envoys, saying it was his “firm will to vigorously advance” and “write a new history of national reunification” with Seoul, state media and the South’s presidential office said Tuesday.
“Hearing the intention of President Moon Jae In for a summit from the special envoy of the south side, he exchanged views and made a satisfactory agreement,” state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported of the Monday meeting.
It wasn’t immediately clear what agreement the report was referring to, but Kim invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang for a leadership summit at an early date last month. The dramatic gesture was verbally delivered by Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, during a meeting at Moon’s presidential compound in Seoul a day after the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
While Moon has yet to officially accept the invitation, the KCNA report said Kim had given “the important instruction to the relevant field to rapidly take practical steps for it” and had received a personal letter from the South Korean leader, indicating planning for a meeting could be in the works.
The South Korean delegation was dispatched to the North in hopes of encouraging Pyongyang and Washington to begin talks with one another. Tensions and fears of conflict on the Korean Peninsula have soared, prompted by bellicose insults and barbed threats between Kim and U.
