Representatives of North Korea to visit in South Korea – Money.pl

Park Geun Hie, South Korean President [Photo: RYU SEUNG-IL / Polaris / East News]

Three high-ranking representatives of North Korea. came to South Korea., to take part in the celebrations ending Asian games. This rare visit can bring a breakthrough in the strained relations between the countries so far – writes Reuters.

Officials in Pyongyang went straight from the airport to the hotel in the city of Incheon, west of Seoul, to meet with South Korean Minister. national unification Riu Kihl Dze. Also planned talks with adviser. Safety of President Park Geun Hie. According to the agency AP will be the first such meeting in five years.

The North Korean delegation includes experts called by the number two in the North Korean authorities Hwang Pjong So, as well as Czoe Rjong Hae and Kim Jong Gon, who are senior advisers leader Kim Jong Un – spokesman for the ministry. national unification Lim Bjeong Czeol. He expressed the hope that the presence of the delegation in South Korea will be an opportunity to improve relations between neighbors.

Hwang is the head office of the political army or influential loyal to Kim’s camera, and deputy chairman of the National Defense Commission , which is the highest military authority in North Korea.

In addition to official talks delegation is planning to meet with North Korean athletes. Representatives of the authorities will take part in the Olympic Asian and even on Saturday evening local time (afternoon Polish time) will fly to Pyongyang.

Announcing the visit was a surprise, since Pyongyang often publishes hostile messages which criticize the South and President Park in connection with her appeals to stop North Korea’s weapons program and human rights.

But in recent weeks, North Korea showed considerable diplomatic activity; its foreign minister visited foreign capitals, and also took part in the UN General Assembly in New York.

The two Koreas remain technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict ended only in a truce and not yet concluded a peace treaty. As a result of clashes in recent years on both sides of the border soldiers died, and in 2010. Was the death of civilians in the South, the North bombarded the islands.

Sam Kim has not been seen in public since September 3, which causes speculation about his health. On Friday, a think tank based in Seoul, founded by refugees from the North, reported that power in the country took over the younger sister of Kim, Kim Jong Jo, and she makes the most important decisions.

Representatives of North Korea to visit in South Korea – Money.pl