South Korean President Moon Jae-in said in a meeting with senior secretaries that the meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday was “just like a casual meeting” and that’s “more important than anything”.
He added that “leaders easily got in contact, easily made an appointment and easily met to discuss urgent matters, without complicated procedures and formalities, just like a casual meeting.”
Moon also noted that the Saturday meeting was organized on short notice after Kim’s request. And that could be a model for further contact between the two Koreas. He noted “if we could hold working-level, back-to-back talks on both sides of Panmunjom if urgently necessary in addition to formal summits, it would expedite faster advancement of inter-Korean relations,”
After Moon’s effort to revive the Kim-Trump summit, US officials are now in North Korea for the details.
It’s reported that Sung Kim, the former US ambassador to South Korea, was leading the American delegation to meet North Korean officials. Sung Kim was hailed by a former senior South Korean official as ” capable, level-headed, cautious, and has solid grasp of the issues and knows North Koreans well.” At the same time, Sung Kim has “healthy scepticism”.
