South Korean authorities say they are open to dialogue with North Korea – RIA Novosti

TOKYO, January 1 – RIA Novosti, Ivan Zakharchenko. The South Korean government is ready for dialogue with the DPRK handed over on Friday the news agency “Rёnhap” in connection with the statement of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the need to improve Relations of Seoul and Pyongyang.

In the New Year’s address, Kim Jong-un said that the DPRK is ready for dialogue with those who want peace and reunification of the country.

“The position of the government (Republic of Korea) is solid in that it will move to the era of peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula, and the door for dialogue between the North and the South are open “- leads the agency words of the representative of the government in Seoul.

In 2015, the authorities of the two Koreas resumed negotiations on improving relations that have stalled over the past five years because of the number of armed incidents.

Kim Jong-un during his New Year’s speech, broadcast in Pyongyang on national television, speaking for the improvement of inter-Korean relations, or I never mentioned about nuclear weapons. At the same time, he urged the United States and South Korea refuse to carry out joint military exercises in the case of threat has promised to build various kinds of arms.