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The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un said it is important to boost the "warm climate of reconciliation and dialogue" after meeting with the high-level delegation that returned to the DPRK after their three-day visit in the Republic of Korea (ROK) for the Winter Olympics, DPRK state media said on Tuesday.
Kim also expressed "satisfaction" over their visit and said efforts made by Seoul to prioritize their visit were "very impressive" including their "sincere efforts" for which he gave his gratitude, the Korean Central News Agency said.
As with DPRK media reports over the weekend, there was again no mention of the summit offer given to ROK President Moon Jae-in from Kim via his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, who was part of the delegation.
(From left to right) ROK President Moon Jae-in, his wife Kim Jung-suk, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK Kim Young Nam and Kim Yo Jong, the sister of DPRK's leader Kim Jong Un, watch DPRK's Samjiyon Orchestra's performance in Seoul, ROK, February 11, 2018.
Kim Yo Jong delivered a letter from her brother at a visit to ROK's presidential Blue House on Saturday, asking Moon to visit "at his earliest convenience" to which Moon replied both sides should try to make conditions that would make the visit possible.
Talks of an inter-Korean summit, which would be the first since 2007 if it happened, come after months of tension between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington over DPRK's nuclear and missile programs. An exchange of fiery words between Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump also ratcheted up unease on the Korean Peninsula.
In Tuesday's report, Kim Jong Un gave "important instructions" for possible measures to maintain the atmosphere of conciliation and dialogue without offering more details.
Seoul said on Monday it would push ahead with its plans for reunions of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean War in order to sustain the dialogue prompted by the DPRK delegation's visit.
(CGTN&REUTERS)
