Kim Jong Un will ‘soon’ visit Seoul, South Korea’s President Moon announces in further thawing of hostilities between the two nations
- South Korean leader Moon Jae-In made the announcement in Parliament today
- Kim Jong Un promised to visit ‘within a year’ when pair met in September
- It is not yet clear whether President Moon was simply repeating earlier promise
South Korean President Moon Jae-in says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will ‘soon’ visit Seoul.
Moon didn’t provide any other details about the trip during a speech on the economy given before the parliament Thursday.
Moon has previously said that Kim told him he would visit Seoul within this year when the leaders met in Pyongyang in September.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in (pictured right) says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) will ‘soon’ visit Seoul
It wasn’t immediately clear whether Moon was repeating his previous statement or if he had new details about Kim’s trip.
Moon also says a second North Korea-U.S. summit is ‘near at hand.’
He says Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit North Korea and that Kim is to travel to Russia soon.
Moon has shuttled between North Korea and the United States to arrange nuclear talks.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (pictured) made history by meeting his South Korean counterpart this year
South Korea’s presidential office said it had no further details to add to Moon’s speech about the impending trip.
When the pair came together for a historic meeting in September, the North Korean leader had agreed to several concessions on denuclearization and even discussed a joint North and South Korea Olympic bid in 2032.
Moon said the North had agreed to dismantle missile sites and take other steps such as closing its main Yongbyon nuclear complex if the United States took reciprocal measures.
North and South Korea also reportedly agreed the Korean Peninsula should turn into a ‘land of peace without nuclear weapons and nuclear threats,’ Moon said following the conclusion of his summit talks with the North Korean leader.
When Kim does visit South Korea he will become the first North Korean leader to cross the border since the end of the Korean War in 1953.
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