Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un, leaders of South Korea and North Korea respectively, they have exchanged letters in which they show the intention to dialogue on the occasion of the end of the mandate of the South Korean president, who will leave office on May 10.
The media in both countries have confirmed that there has been an exchange of letters, resuming some peace talks that in 2018 held three international summits.
Change on the Korean Peninsula
Moon sent his message on Wednesday insisting that “the era of confrontation should be overcome through dialogue” and saying that together with Kim he took a step “that would change the destiny of the Korean peninsula”, according to the presidential office.
From South Korea, Kim Jong-un is urged to resume talks with the United States and also establish a dialogue with the government that arrives in May, that of conservative Yoon Suk-yeol.
“Although there is still much to be desired, I still believe that if the South and North bring sincerity to the grassroots efforts made so far, inter-Korean relations can advance as far as one wants,” Kim wrote, according to the excerpt released by Seoul. Kim leader’s words in which he also thanked the southern president for his efforts for dialogue.
The two countries are technically still at war., since the conflict that confronted them between 1950 and 1953 ended with a ceasefire instead of a peace treaty. The rapprochement between the two Koreas has cooled since the failure of the Hanoi denuclearization summit in 2019 and is now practically at a standstill.