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Sunday, February 11, 2018, 19:00
KCNA: DPRK, ROK vow to keep momentum of rapprochement
By Xinhua
Sunday, February 11, 2018, 19:00 By Xinhua

President Moon Jae-in, third from right, of the Republic of Korea (ROK) speaks to Kim Yo-jong, second from left, sister of Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), DPRK delegation during a meeting at the presidential house in Seoul, Feb 10, 2018. President Moon on Saturday met with the senior DPRK officials over lunch in the most significant diplomatic encounter between the rivals in years. (KIM JU-SUNG/YONHAP VIA AP)

PYONGYANG – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have vowed to keep the momentum of inter-Korean rapprochement, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday.

The pledge was made during a meeting between ROK President Moon Jae-in and a high-ranking delegation DPRK sent to attend the opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympics, the report said.

The talk, held Saturday in the presidential Blue House in Seoul, was held in a "sincere and cordial" atmosphere, it said.

Moon expressed gratitude to top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un for "taking a special step" by sending the high-level delegation along with Kim's personal letter and verbal greetings, said the KCNA report.

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But the report did not specify the details of the letter, which reportedly included a proposal to hold an inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang in near future.

President Moon Jae-in, left, of the Republic of Korea (ROK), shakes hands with Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s agency that deals with inter-Korean affairs, as Kim Yo-jong, right, sister of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, and Kim Yong-nam, DPRK head of state, stand during a meeting at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Feb 10, 2018. (KIM JU-SUNG/YONHAP VIA AP)

Moon said he would make further efforts step by step so that the two sides could closely cooperate for common prosperity, it said.

Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly who was leading the delegation, expressed his confidence that with courage and decisiveness, the two sides can overcome "unimaginable difficulties" to realize reunification, the report said.

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The DPRK delegation also included Kim Yo-jong, DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un's younger sister who serves as the first vice director of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

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