Seoul,
Feb 10: North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-un has invited South
Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang at the "earliest
date" possible for what will be a third inter-Korean summit since 2007.
The North Korean leader's sister, Yo-jong, delivered the invitation to Moon on Saturday at his office Cheong Wa Dae, Yonhap news agency reported.
"I hope the president will put a footprint in history that will be long remembered by the future generation by playing a leading role in opening a new era of unification," she added, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Moon, according to a presidential spokesmna, cited the conditions necessary for an inter-Korean summit.
"Let us make it happen by creating the necessary conditions in the future," he was quoted as saying.
Saturday's meeting also involved the North's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, who led what apparently turned out to be a 21-member delegation to the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics on Friday.
The presidential spokesman said the meeting at Cheong Wa Dae was held in a "friendly" atmosphere where the two sides exchanged views on a wide range of issues, including inter-Korean ties and other matters concerning the Korean Peninsula.
The proposed inter-Korean summit, if held, would be the third of its kind after those held in 2000 and 2007, both in Pyongyang.
The two Koreas technically remain at war as the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Kim Yo-jong is the only member of the North's ruling family to have visited the South since the end of the war. UNI
The North Korean leader's sister, Yo-jong, delivered the invitation to Moon on Saturday at his office Cheong Wa Dae, Yonhap news agency reported.
"I hope the president will put a footprint in history that will be long remembered by the future generation by playing a leading role in opening a new era of unification," she added, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Moon, according to a presidential spokesmna, cited the conditions necessary for an inter-Korean summit.
"Let us make it happen by creating the necessary conditions in the future," he was quoted as saying.
Saturday's meeting also involved the North's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, who led what apparently turned out to be a 21-member delegation to the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics on Friday.
The presidential spokesman said the meeting at Cheong Wa Dae was held in a "friendly" atmosphere where the two sides exchanged views on a wide range of issues, including inter-Korean ties and other matters concerning the Korean Peninsula.
The proposed inter-Korean summit, if held, would be the third of its kind after those held in 2000 and 2007, both in Pyongyang.
The two Koreas technically remain at war as the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Kim Yo-jong is the only member of the North's ruling family to have visited the South since the end of the war. UNI
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