Korea, agreement reached to restore communication channels

2021-07-27T05:38:18.327Z

North Korea and South Korea have reached an agreement to restore their communication channels, which are currently cut off, the South Korean presidency said in a statement today. Pyongyang unilaterally terminated these official channels in June 2020 after denouncing the sending of hostile leaflets to its territory by militant groups. This suspension took place against the backdrop of stalemate in inter-Korean discussions, two years after the three summits that brought together North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in 2018. But surprisingly, the two sides, technically still at war. , announced this morning that all communications have been restored. "In accordance with the agreement between the two main leaders,the North and the South have taken steps to get all the inter-Korean lines of communication working again from July 27 at 10, "reports the official North Korean agency KCNA. The two leaders had exchanged personal letters since last April aimed at improve relations, the South Korean presidency said in a statement, and they decided, as a first step, to restore communications. "The two leaders agreed to restore mutual trust between the two Koreas as soon as possible and to move forward again in the report ", it was specified. Moon Jae-in was one of the main architects of the 2018 inter-Korean rapprochement, which took place in the context of the Pyeongchang Olympics. He played an important role in theorganization of the first summit in history between a North Korean leader and a US president in office, Donald Trump. This first meeting took place in June 2018 in Singapore and was followed by two more talks between Kim and Trump. .