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After 10 years of silence, N. Korea’s Kim wants to talk to South more

Kim also said he wouldn’t mind visiting the Blue House, the seat of the South Korean government, for more talks

Newsroom April 27 08:23

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told his Southern counterpart that he is eager to come to Seoul whenever invited, promising not to interrupt the South’s sleep anymore in an apparent reference to missile tests.

Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have concluded the first round of talks out of the two planned for their historic summit on Friday.

Kim, who last week announced an indefinite suspension of all nuclear and missile tests, a major point of irritation between the two Koreas over the last decade, appeared to reassure Moon on the point. As cited by the South Korean official, Kim said he “won’t interrupt your early morning sleep anymore.”

Kim also said he wouldn’t mind visiting the Blue House, the seat of the South Korean government, for more talks, a South representative said during the follow-up press conference.

For his part, Moon said that he would like to travel to North Korea, to which Kim lamented his country’s poorly-developed traffic system, which would make such a trip uncomfortable.

At the beginning of the meeting, Kim said he hoped the summit would be a new beginning and bring feasible results, unlike the previous meetings between their countries’ leaders that failed to end a decades-old stalemate.

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“I wish for it to be a chance for us to walk forward hand-in-hand while looking toward the future with a determination, instead of outcomes like those in the past that could not be implemented,” Kim told Moon, as cited by Yonhap News Agency.

Moon chimed in, saying that he wishes they would strike an agreement and “create a great present for our people and everyone else in the world who wishes for peace.”

Source: rt

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