Leaders of South and North Korea exchange handwritten letters and agree to work together to improve bilateral relations

　　China News Agency, Seoul, April 22 (Liu Xu and Liu Jingni) According to local time at the Blue House, South Korea, on the 22nd, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and North Korean State Councilor Kim Jong-un exchanged handwritten letters a few days ago and agreed. He believes that with joint efforts, inter-Korean relations can be improved and developed.

　　South Korea's Blue House spokesman Park Kyung-mi said that Moon Jae-in said in a handwritten letter to Kim Jong-un on the 20th that although it was a little regrettable that the inter-Korean dialogue did not reach the expected level, the leaders of the South and North Korea have made peace on the Korean Peninsula and South Korea and North Korea. Cooperation has taken a crucial step.

In addition, he also hopes to resume the US-DPRK dialogue as soon as possible.

　　According to the Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong-un replied on the 21st after receiving the letter from Moon Jae-in on the 20th.

In the letter, Kim Jong-un spoke highly of Moon Jae-in's concern for national justice until the end of his term, and said that the historic joint declaration between the DPRK and the ROK has brought hope to the whole nation for the future.

　　Regarding the exchange of personal letters between the leaders of the DPRK and the ROK, the DPRK side called it a "symbol of deep mutual trust", and the ROK side also commented that it "lays the foundation for the development of inter-Korean relations in the future."

　　According to Yonhap News Agency, Kim Yo-jung, deputy minister of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, visited the Blue House in February 2018 and handed over a personal letter from Kim Jong-un, inviting Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang.

The leaders of South and North Korea exchanged handwritten letters many times.

In 2019, the talks between the leaders of the DPRK and the US in Hanoi ended without results. In June 2020, the DPRK unilaterally cut off the communication line, but the leaders of the DPRK and the DPRK still exchanged letters to maintain communication.

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